J.R. is a skilled and seasoned restructuring and corporate finance attorney with over two decades of experience guiding clients through complex, high-stakes transactions and disputes across the globe. He has proven experience in managing the full life-cycle of deals, from structuring to crisis resolution, with a focus on innovative, cross-border strategies that align with business, political, and economic realities.

J.R. represents corporate debtors, creditors (secured and unsecured), bondholders, lessors, equity holders, and trustees in US and international restructurings, workouts, Chapter 11 (including pre-packaged plans, reorganizations, and liquidations), Chapter 15, and SIPA proceedings. He provides structuring and insolvency advice across complex financial products including asset-based lending, securitizations, derivatives, project finance (traditional and renewable energy), REITs, REMICs, and real estate finance. And he counsels on cross-border transactions and crisis response for financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity, project sponsors, developers, multilaterals, export credit agencies (ECAs), and foreign governments.

A trusted advisor with extensive experience living and working across Asia, J.R. brings nuanced insight to legal, regulatory, and cultural issues affecting regional and cross-border business outcomes. J.R. is the former managing partner of the firm's Tokyo office, which he helped open in 2011. Currently, J.R. serves as the Chair of The Japan-Virginia Society, a business-focused non-profit.

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Education
JD, University of Richmond School of Law, 1997

BA, Journalism and East Asian Studies, Washington and Lee University, cum laude, 1991