David K. Shim

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, David worked as a financial restructuring associate at a major international law firm. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Julie A. Manning of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut and Judge Robert E. Grossman of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. Prior to practicing law, David worked as a technical support professional servicing mainframe and open systems at a large data storage company.

• FTX affiliate holding company in its Chapter 11 case in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Ad hoc bondholder group in the ongoing restructuring of more than $140 billion of obligations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in its PROMESA proceedings
• Prepetition and DIP ABL lender in the Chapter 11 cases of Wheel Pros LLC in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Prepetition and DIP lender in its acquisition of assets in the Chapter 11 cases of Novan, Inc. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Power plant operators in their Chapter 11 cases in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Foreign representatives in the Chapter 15 case of Global Cord Blood Corporation in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Online retailer of electronics and appliances in its Chapter 11 cases in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana
• Agent for a syndicate of lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of EHT US1, Inc. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Sunglasses retailer in its Chapter 11 case in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Bondholders in Buenos Aires Province litigation in the US District Courts in New York and Washington, DC
• Monitor and foreign representative in the Chapter 15 case of Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Non-insider shareholders in the Sears fraudulent transfer action in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Ad hoc bondholder group in the restructuring of Frontera Holdings LLC and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Prepetition lender in the prosecution of its competing plan in the Chapter 11 case of 9300 Wilshire LLC in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
• Connecticut Insurance Department in the restructuring of PHL Variable Insurance Company and affiliates
• Prepetition ABL agent and lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of JoAnn, Inc. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Prepetition agent and lenders in the Chapter 11 cases of Basic Fun, Inc. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Life science research and diagnostic firm in the acquisition of assets in the Chapter 11 cases of NanoString Technologies in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Prepetition and DIP lender in the Chapter 11 cases of BowFlex, Inc. in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey