Benjamin C. Sandberg (Ben)

Associate

New York + 1.212.326.3681

Ben Sandberg represents debtors and creditors in various restructuring and reorganization matters, including chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.

Ben has experience in several aspects of bankruptcy litigation, including pretrial discovery, preparing and taking depositions, drafting dispositive motions, and trial preparation. Ben's recent representations include assisting in the sale of substantially all of a debtor's assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Ben also maintains an active pro bono practice in the areas of immigration and family law.

Expérience

  • Vintage Wine Estates enters Chapter 11 with plans to sell substantially all assetsJones Day is representing Vintage Wine Estates, Inc. and 11 of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") in their chapter 11 cases pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the Chapter 11 Cases").
  • Jones Day obtains favorable preliminary oral ruling in Wesco/Incora adversary proceeding on behalf of clientOn July 10, 2024, at the conclusion of a six-month trial, United States Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur issued a preliminary oral decision in the Wesco/Incora bondholder adversary litigation in favor of Jones Day’s client.
  • Diebold Nixdorf successfully restructures over $2.7 billion in funded debt and completes the first-ever dual proceeding under the U.S. bankruptcy code and Dutch restructuring law in 71 daysIn the first-ever cross border restructuring involving dual main proceedings under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a scheme of arrangement (the "Dutch Scheme") under the Dutch Act on Confirmation of Extrajudicial Plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord ("WHOA")), and the first-ever chapter 15 recognition of Dutch Scheme proceedings and a sanctioned WHOA reorganization plan (the "WHOA Plan"), Jones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated ("Diebold") and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries (the "Debtors") in connection with (i) the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of In re Diebold Holding Company, LLC, et al., (Case No. 23-90602-DRJ) commenced on June 1, 2023, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court"); (ii) the Dutch Scheme, commenced on June 1, 2023 by Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V. (the "Dutch Issuer") in the District Court of Amsterdam (the "Dutch Court"), and (iii) the chapter 15 proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court commenced by the foreign representative of the Dutch Issuer, wherein the Bankruptcy Court recognized the Dutch Scheme proceeding as a foreign main proceeding and recognized and extended comity to the WHOA Plan that was sanctioned by the Dutch Court.