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Top Bankruptcy Cases of 2021: A Midyear Report

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James Peck spoke to Law360 about the downturn in the number of corporate bankruptcy filings in the first half of 2021.

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James Peck spoke to Law360 about the downturn in the number of corporate bankruptcy filings in the first half of 2021.“Chapter 11 professionals are feeling that there is a drought in terms of new cases,” James said. “That’s not what everybody expected in 2021.”Read the <a href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt3723b5d4a44816fd/62732183a1a1dd2aa9f6cddc/210702-top-bankruptcy-cases-2021.pdf" target="_blank">full article</a>.

Top Bankruptcy Cases of 2021: A Midyear Report

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The Honorable James M. Peck retired from Morrison Foerster upon his appointment as an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court in January 2024. While at Morrison Foerster, Judge Peck chaired Morrison Foerster’s Cross-Border Restructuring practice and also headed the firm’s Mediation practice. Before joining Morrison Foerster, Judge Peck served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York from 2006 to 2014, where he presided over the chapter 11 and SIPA cases of Lehman Brothers and its affiliates and a number of other major chapter 11 and chapter 15 cases and wrote multiple legal decisions that have helped define the impact of safe harbors on qualified financial contracts.By invitation, Judge Peck is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance. He is a past president of the International Insolvency Institute, served on the board of governors of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and was judicial chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference. Former Judge Peck currently chairs the Business Bankruptcy Advisory Committee for the Southern District of New York.Judge Peck co-chaired the ABI’s Advisory Committee on the Safe Harbors. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Asian Business Law Institute, is listed as a qualified member of mediation panels maintained by INSOL International, the Singapore Mediation Center, and the Singapore International Mediation Center, and has been included on the Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center and the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Center.Judge Peck has been retained on a number of occasions to furnish expert witness statements for submission to the High Court in London regarding issues of New York law, comity, and the recognition of main and non-main insolvency proceedings. He is also a frequent speaker worldwide on insolvency issues and has participated as a keynote speaker and a panel chair around the globe in conferences presented by numerous international organizations and law schools. These include INSOL International, the International Bar Association, INSOL Europe, and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He has authored articles published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal and International Insolvency & Restructuring Report, and is an editor of a recently published book titled The Art of the Ad Hoc.Before his judicial appointment in the Southern District of New York, Judge Peck was in private practice for over 35 years, concentrating much of that time on bankruptcy law, business reorganization, and creditors’ rights.

James Peck

Retired Senior Of Counsel

Business Restructuring + Insolvency