Rebecca J. Winthrop
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
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Biography
Rebecca Winthrop has a diverse practice counseling both debtors and creditors in complex financial restructuring and insolvency proceedings.
Her practice ranges from representing financial institutions, investment funds, purchasers of distressed assets, unsecured creditors and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcies in multiple industries, including energy, agriculture, real estate and manufacturing, to counseling creditors and debtors in out-of-court workouts and assignments for the benefit of creditors. Rebecca also regularly advises healthcare providers regarding their rights under joint venture and joint operating agreements, and as parties to third party vendor, equipment and physician recruitment agreements in the event of bankruptcy.
Rebecca has significant public finance experience representing municipalities in connection with their due diligence and securities disclosure obligations (including general obligation and special revenue bonds, and those involving statutory liens) and evaluating the rights of debtors, bondholders and other creditors under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code. She has advised indenture trustees and bondholders in multiple bankruptcies involving high-yield securities.
Rebecca is a Central District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. She has received numerous honors, including being selected as one of Los Angeles Business Journal's Top 100 Lawyers in 2023. She has been named to The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law as well as the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring guide. Rebecca is a past Co-Chair of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and a past Board Member of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. She is a member of the Financial Lawyers Association, the California Society of Financial Analysts, Women in Public Finance, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys.
Professional experience
Collapse allJD, Loyola Law School, 1984; Honors: Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles International Law Journal (1983-1984); Staff Member, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (1982-1983)
BA , magna cum laude, University of Southern California, 1981; Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
- California State Bar
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2024
- Top 100 Lawyers, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2023
- Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Best Lawyers, 2023 – 2025
- Legal 500 US, Recommended Lawyer, Restructuring (including bankruptcy): Municipal, The Legal 500, 2023 - 2024
- Recipient, AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- National Philanthropy Award, Loyola Law School
- Co-author, "So Many Troubled California Health Care Districts, So Many Have Filed Chapter 9─Lessons To Be Learned," California Bankruptcy Journal, 2020
- Co-author, "Workouts and Modifications, Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure and Related Bankruptcy Issues," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2009
- Co-author, "How the Automatic Stay Can Disrupt, If not Destroy, Your Litigation Strategy: What Every Litigator and Bankruptcy Specialist Needs to Know About the Scope of the Automatic Stay," Beverly Hills Bar Association Seminar, 2006
- Co-author, "Navigating Your Way Through the Minefield of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005: A Guide for Commercial Lenders When Their Borrowers File for Bankruptcy," Commercial Finance Association Nationwide Teleconference Seminar, 2005
- Co-author, "Tranche B Lending," PNC Bank's Annual Marketing Kickoff, 2005
- Panelist, "Navigating Troubled Loans: The Role of Special Asset Groups in Crisis Management," Opus Connect SoCal Private Debt Summit, 2024
- Panelist, "What Every In-House Counsel Needs to Know About Managing Counter-Party Bankruptcy Risk," Association of Corporate Counsel's Annual In-House Symposium and Dallas Regional Meeting, 2021
- Speaker, "Don't Distress: Managing Internal Financial Challenges and Evaluating Opportunities in the Healthcare Market," Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Webinar, 2020
- Panelist, "What Every In-House Counsel Needs to Know About Bankruptcy Risk for the Next Economic Downturn," Association of Corporate Counsel's Annual Meeting and Southern California Regional Meeting, 2019
- Panelist, "Top Business Cases of the Year," Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 1st Annual Litigation Summit for In-House Counsel, 2017
- Panelist, "Emerging and Settled (if any) Chapter 9 Issues," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2016
- Panelist, "Sale of Distressed Healthcare Assets in Bankruptcy: Potential Acquisition Challenges and Opportunities," Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Web Seminar, 2016
- Panelist, "Revitalizing City Operations and Services by Renegotiating Debt and Liabilities," Independent Cities Association Summer Seminar, 2015
- Panelist, "Will the Stockton and San Bernardino Cases Create a Template for Workout Negotiations or Bankruptcies?," City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County, 2013
- Moderator, "Recent Developments Affecting Section 363 Bankruptcy Sale and Sales Orders," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2013
- Panelist, "The Latest Developments in Chapter 9," The Bond Buyer's 22nd Annual California Public Finance Conference, 2012
- Panelist, "Municipal Defaults and Bankruptcies," The Bond Buyer's 21st Annual California Public Finance Conference, 2011
- Co-Author & Panelist, "Creditor Rights and Remedies in Municipal Bond Defaults," Ballard Spahr LLP Continuing Legal Education Series, 2011
- Moderator, "Door No. 1 or Door No. 2? Receivership v. Bankruptcy and How the Two Remedies Intersect," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2011
- Panelist, "Need Something to Do? Workable Alternatives to Bankruptcy," Beverly Hills Bar Association Seminar, 2007
- Panelist, "How Lenders Can Use the Bankruptcy Code to Their Advantage: Tips, Tricks and Strategies," Turnaround Management Association's Financing the Middle Market Company Seminar, 2005
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference, Lawyer Representative
- California Lawyers Association Business Law Section, Insolvency Law Committee, Advisor and past Co-Chair
- Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, past Board Member
- Financial Lawyers Conference
- Secured Finance Network, Southern California
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- National Federation of Municipal Analysts
- Women in Public Finance, Los Angeles Chapter
- California Society of Healthcare Attorneys
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section; Healthcare Law Section)
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
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