Bio

James Bromley is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Finance & Restructuring Group and is the co-head of the Firm’s Global Restructuring practice, where his practice focuses on restructuring, bankruptcy and litigation advice to a wide spectrum of corporate clients, including creditors, debtors and investors, as well as government actors. For three decades, Mr. Bromley has advised on the most prominent and noticeable matters across a large number of industries, including automobile, aviation, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, manufacturing, mining, telecommunications and shipping, among others. He led the Chapter 11 proceedings of Nortel Networks US and designed and implemented the multinational sale process that resulted in the disposition of Nortel’s patent portfolio and its CDMA, Enterprise and MEN businesses. He was also the lead debtor’s counsel in the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of Overseas Shipholding Group and the prepackaged Chapter 11 plan of the reorganization of Modular Space Corporation. His stature in the restructuring and bankruptcy space has won him plaudits from peers and clients alike. “I admire him as he is very smart, has a really impressive grasp of substantive law, is very good in court and is quietly effective at running complicated cross-border cases,” said a commentator to Chambers USA. “A ‘first-rate bankruptcy lawyer... One of the true experts in cross-border insolvencies.’” “Tremendously talented, incredibly smart and able to pick up issues very, very quickly,” remarks Chambers USA and its interviewees.