Partner, Restructuring
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
(Moderator)
David Nigel Griffiths is a partner in the Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. On the company side, he regularly represents large and medium-size businesses in strategic planning, restructuring, and chapter 11 proceedings. As company counsel, Mr. Griffiths is currently leading the chapter 11 restructuring of Speedcast International, the world’s largest global satellite provider specializing in satellite connectivity for business and enterprise satellite networks. He has been actively involved in the restructurings of Westinghouse Electric Company, CHC Group Ltd., Golfsmith, MBIA, MF Global, General Motors/Motors Liquidation Company and Uno Restaurants, among others. On the creditor side, Mr. Griffiths is currently representing Citibank as DIP Agent and Prepetition Revolver and Term Loan Agent in the chapter 11 cases of Global Eagle Entertainment. Additionally, Mr. Griffiths has significant experience representing hedge funds in all areas of domestic and international restructurings and distressed asset purchases, as well as extensive experience in crisis management, corporate governance, financings, and corporate and capital markets transactions.
Most recently, David was named an “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor for 2020. In 2019 he was named among Turnarounds & Workouts’ Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers and named a Law360 Rising Star.
Mr. Griffiths also spends a significant amount of time on pro bono and charitable activities. He worked in Haiti under the auspices of the Organization of American States on a disability rights project financed by USAID, training Haitian government ministers, civil servants, and judges on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. David is the founder and trustee of international adventure charity Go Help. Also, he advised the UN World Food Programme on the world’s first humanitarian weather derivative transaction, and previously worked for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.
