Jeffery Black is a financial restructuring and insolvency lawyer who represents financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and corporations in complex, cross-border and domestic restructuring and insolvency matters (both in and out-of-court), financial services transactions, creditor recoveries, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. After commencing his legal career in Western Australia, Mr Black spent 8 years working in New York including during the global financial crisis of 2008/2009. He gained extensive experience in a wide range of transactions and creditors’ rights matters including international restructurings and insolvency proceedings; distressed mergers and acquisitions; bankruptcy proceedings under Chapters 7, 11 and 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code; out-of-court workouts; and related security enforcement and litigation. Mr Black has also practised in the UK and is admitted to practice in New York and Western Australia. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws (Graduate) from The University of Western Australia.
