Jim Millstein
Jim Millstein is the Co-Chairman of Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners. Prior to this, Millstein was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Millstein & Co. Selected engagements at Millstein & Co include representation to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in connection with the management of its $75 billion of institutional indebtedness; to US Airways in connection with its acquisition of American Airlines out of Chapter 11; and Caesars in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
Jim Millstein Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Chairman
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Chief Restructuring Officer
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Global Co-Head of Restructuring
Academic History
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JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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MA in Political Science
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BA in Politics, summa cum laude
Millstein has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
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U.S. Department of the Treasury - Chief Restructuring Officer
- He was responsible for oversight and management of the Department's largest investments in the financial sector.
- He was the principal architect of AIG’s restructuring and recapitalization.
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Lazard - Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Corporate Restructuring
- Selected engagements include representation of:
- United Auto Workers in connection with the restructuring of their contractual relationships with GM, Ford, and Chrysler
- Charter Communications in connection with its pre-packaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11
- The Republic of Argentina in connection with the exchange offer for its international bond indebtedness
- WorldCom in connection with its Chapter 11 reorganization
- United Pan-European Communications in connection with its pre-arranged plan of arrangement in the Netherlands and Delaware
- Marconi in connection with its scheme of arrangement in the United Kingdom
- Selected engagements include representation of:
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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton - Partner and Head of the Corporate Restructuring
- Significant engagements included representation of:
- Daewoo Corporation in connection with its financial restructuring in Korea
- Disney Corporation in connection with the financial restructuring of EuroDisney in France
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in LTV’s Chapter 11 proceedings
- Pan-American Airlines in connection with its Chapter 11 reorganization
- Zell-Chilmark Fund in its acquisition of various troubled companies in and out of Chapter 11
- Significant engagements included representation of:
ACADEMIA
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches Federal Regulation of Financial Institutions
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law, where he teaches Sovereign, Municipal and Corporate Restructuring
- Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy
- Commissioner on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission to Study Reform of Chapter 11