Education
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Stanford University, J.D., 1977
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University of Houston, B.A., 1974
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
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United States Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th, 9th and 10th Circuits
Awards and Honors
- Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine (2003 - 2010)
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For more than 25 years, Robert Jones has counseled clients, including secured lenders and other financial institutions, throughout the nation on matters involving distressed debt, debtor-in-possession or exit financing in bankruptcies, the acquisition of companies or assets in a bankruptcy, out-of-court restructurings, and lender liability matters. In addition, Mr. Jones has represented a number of publicly held companies in Chapter 11 proceedings. Those companies have been engaged in a wide range of businesses, including insurance, savings and loan, real estate public and private syndication, construction, casinos, oil and gas, nursing home ownership and management, hardware, and environmental clean up.
Recently, Mr. Jones obtained favorable new legal precedent on behalf of clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, and the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including a reconsideration and reversal of previous precedent by the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc.
Representative Matters:
- Represented 20-member bank group with claims in excess of $800 million in one of the nation’s largest Chapter 11 proceedings of an oil and gas company and related lender liability litigation.
- Represented 10-member bank group with claims in excess of $300 million in Chapter 11 proceeding of multinational oil and gas exploration and production company.
- Represented multi-billion dollar publicly held real estate holding company in its Chapter 11 proceeding.
- Represented multi-billion dollar publicly held diversified manufacturing company, with major subsidiaries engaged in the hardware and environmental clean-up equipment fields, in its Chapter 11 proceeding.
- Represented acquiror of 70% equity interest in nation’s largest convenience store chain, pursuant to a confirmed, prepackaged plan or reorganization utilized to implement a public debt exchange.
- Represented largest unsecured creditor (with a claim in excess of $140 million), which financed a prebankruptcy leveraged buyout of a national restaurant chain, in Chapter 11 case of the restaurant chain and related lender liability suit.
- Represented gas producer/seller and group of natural gas producers with unsecured claims in excess of $1 billion arising from take or pay contracts in Chapter 11 proceedings of interstate gas pipeline and publicly traded parent corporation.
- Represented one of world’s largest, Europe based, banking and investment banking concerns in a variety of ongoing matters involving distressed debt, reorganization and related litigation.
- Represented $5 billion equity capital fund in a variety of matters involving investment in companies with defaulted debt obligations.
Professional Affiliations:
American Bar Association
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