Jamie Edmonson

Jamie L. Edmonson

Partner

Jamie L. Edmonson

Partner

  • Overview

    Biography

    Jamie Edmonson is a member of the Bankruptcy + Reorganizations Group. She is resident in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office. She also spends significant time in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Jamie has more than two decades of experience representing public and non-public debtor corporations, secured and unsecured creditors, official committees, trustees and asset purchasers in bankruptcy and restructuring matters. Her practice is focused on guiding clients through commercial bankruptcy cases, restructurings, creditors' rights issues, insolvencies, and liquidations, in which she represents a wide range of clients, including debtors, creditor and equity statutory committees, lenders, asset purchasers, landlords, and lessees. In addition to her bankruptcy work, Jamie’s versatile skill set also includes finance, real estate, energy and corporate law.

    Jamie regularly serves as Delaware and lead counsel in large Chapter 11 filings and has extensive experience in all aspects of the Chapter 11 restructuring process involving many industries, which include the information technology, retail, food, energy, construction, real estate, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors.  Among the matters she has handled in those areas are:

    • representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Mallinckrodt plc bankruptcy case
    • representation of the debtor in Loot Crate, Inc., a subscription gaming service, in its bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Corp Banking Group bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in the DBMP bankruptcy case;
    • representation of Expedia in several bankruptcy cases;
    • representation of creditors in the Hertz bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the debtor in Loot Crate, Inc., a subscription gaming service, in its bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the DIP lender and purchaser in the HDR Holdings/Schramm, Inc. bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in the Imerys Talc bankruptcy case;
    • representation of numerous landlords in the Mattress Firm bankruptcy case;
    • representation of the headquarter’s landlord in the Unilife bankruptcy case;
    • representation of numerous high profile counter-parties to contracts in The Weinstein Company bankruptcy case; 
    • representation of the Official Ad Hoc Committee of Unit-holders in the Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC Chapter 11 case;
    • representation, as financial advisor,in the New Century bankruptcy case, one of the largest sub-prime mortgage lenders;
    • representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the School Specialty bankruptcy case of one of the largest suppliers of supplemental educational products, equipment, and curricula to the pre-K through 12th-grade market in the United States; and
    • representation of the developer of geothermal energy plants in its Chapter 11 case.

    Jamie was elected to the 2017 Global Network of Women Committee for the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Her pro bono work includes serving as a judge for the National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) for the American Bar Association and joining efforts with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights to serve as a nonpartisan poll monitor on Election Day 2018 and 2020.

    Before joining Robinson+Cole, Jamie was the managing partner of the Wilmington office for an AmLaw 100 firm. She also utilized her finance background as a Managing Director with a nationally-renowned financial advisory firm for several years. 

  • Experience
    • Professional Associations

      Professional Associations

      American Bankruptcy Institute

      American Bar Association

      Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)

      California Bar Association

      Delaware State Bar Association

      New York State Bar Association

      International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

      Turnaround Management Association

      California Bankruptcy Forum

      District of Columbia Bar Association
    • Honors + Awards

      Honors + Awards

      Presented with the E-Commerce Restructuring of the Year honor as part of the Global M&A Network’s 13th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards in recognition of the RTW Retailwinds, Inc. sale of e-commerce business, including the New York & Company and Fashion to Figure e-commerce intellectual property, to the Saadia Group LLC.

      Presented with the Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year in the “mega” category (value: above $5 billion) as part of the Global M&A Network’s 15th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards in recognition of serving as co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC) in the Mallinckrodt plc, et al. chapter 11 cases.

    • Community Involvement

      Community Involvement

      Citizens Corp of Delaware County
  • NEWS + PRESS
    • Publications

      Publications

      "Understanding Standing: Statutory Authority Made Simple," co-authored with Patrick M. Birney, published in the ABI Journal (November 2020)
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    • Presentations

      Presentations

      "Distressed M&A: Deals and Steals," presented as part of Global M&A Network "Restructuring & Distressed Investing 15th Annual Forum" in New York City (7/19/2023)

      "Capital Markets: A Voyage into the Unknown," panelist as part of VALCON 2023, hosted by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) in New Orleans, LA (5/2/2023)
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      "Too Many Hats in the Ethical Ring: When Insiders, Affiliates, Friends, and Family Show Up All Over a Restructuring," as part of the University of Texas School of Law's "41st Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference" (11/17/2022)
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      "Ethics: Who Is My Client Anyway?" presented at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. (4/29/2022)
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      "Distressed Company Investing in the COVID-19 Environment," co-presented with Leslie J. Levinson and Patrick M. Birney, which addressed certain unique challenges of investing in distressed entities or their debt or equity. (5/12/2020)
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    • News

      R+C in the News

      • July 20, 2023

        Robinson+Cole Lawyers Recognized During Global M&A Network's 2023 Turnaround Atlas Awards

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      • June 29, 2021

        Natalie Ramsey and Jamie Edmonson Win Turnaround Atlas "e-Commerce Restructuring of the Year" Award

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      • November 13, 2020

        Patrick Birney and Jamie Edmonson Author Article on Statutory Authority Published in the ABI Journal

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      • October 13, 2020

        Natalie Ramsey and Jamie Edmonson Represent Saadia Group LLC in Significant Retail Transaction

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      R+C News Releases

      • June 4, 2019

        Robinson+Cole Continues to Expand National Bankruptcy Practice and Grow Wilmington Presence

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