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John Schneider

Overview


Represents lenders, borrowers, underwriters, private equity funds and asset managers in a wide range of financing transactions. 

John has particular experience in warehouse credit facilities, capital call facilities, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, as well as asset-backed securitizations across a variety of asset classes, including structured settlements, litigation advances, lottery receivables, personal annuities, timeshare loans, equipment leases and life settlements.

John also represents direct private lenders, alternative lenders and borrowers in corporate financing transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance facilities, ABL and cash-flow facilities, restructurings and workouts.

Before joining the firm, John was a member of one of the nation’s preeminent corporate restructuring and bankruptcy groups, where he represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, securities class action litigants, and creditors’ committees in Chapter 11 matters, including numerous insolvency proceedings filed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also served as counsel to Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees in asset cases of varying complexity.

Credentials


Education
Hofstra University School of Law, JD
University of Nebraska at Omaha, BS

Admissions
New York
New Jersey

Clerkships
Hon. John K. Sherwood, US Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey

Prior Experience
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, 2017-2019
Lowenstein Sandler LLP, 2019-2022