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Jane Lee Vris
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Biography
As a partner in V&E;'s New York office, Jane brings over 24 years of insolvency and reorganization experience. Her clients have included creditors, debtors, potential purchasers of assets from distressed companies, and equity investors in companies emerging from Chapter 11. Jane is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, an organization in the United States consisting of approximately 60 of the leading bankruptcy lawyers, law professors, and judges. She is also a long-time contributing editor to Colliers on Bankruptcy, the leading treatise on bankruptcy in the United States, and participates frequently on continuing legal education panels, lecturing, and writing on bankruptcy topics. Prior to joining V&E;, Jane was a founding partner of a New York-based bankruptcy boutique firm. Before that, she was a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Representative Experience
  • Representation of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., the equity backstop provider for Northwest Airlines emerging from Chapter 11
  • Representation of Entergy Corp. in connection with the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary, Entergy New Orleans, reorganizing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
  • Other recent matters include representation of a significant creditor and defendant in the Enron bankruptcy and related litigation; a significant equity sponsor for a major public airline exiting Chapter 11, and a number of reorganizations of multinational public companies involving concurrent Chapter 11 cases and foreign proceedings
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • New York University, J.D., 1983 (Managing Editor, NYU Law Review, 1983)
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A. magna cum laude, 1977
  • Admitted to practice: New York, 1989; District of Columbia, 1983; Maine, 1997
Professional Recognition
  • International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers, 2007
  • "New York Super Lawyer" in bankruptcy & creditor/debtor rights law, The New York Times Magazine, 2007
Activities and Affiliations
  • Member: National Bankruptcy Conference
Publications and Presentations
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  • PLI 30th Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization Program, April 7-8, 2008 (Speaker)
  • "Current Developments: Official Committees Review of Recent Cases," PLI 29th Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization Program, 2007 (Author)
  • PLI 29th Annual Current Developments in Bankruptcy & Reorganization Program, 2007 (Speaker)
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Jane Lee Vris
Partner
666 Fifth Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY 10103-0040

212.237.0087 : Tel
917.849.5387 : Fax
jvris@velaw.com

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