Scott Davidson

• Represent General Motors LLC on a wide variety of issues emanating out of their asset purchase agreement with General Motors Corporation, which was approved by the New York Bankruptcy Court in 2009. Certain of these matters involve complex litigation that concern billions of dollars of claims or damages.
• Represent Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in connection with distribution issues arising from its confirmed chapter 11 plan.
• Represent one of the “Big Four” accounting firms in connection with bankruptcy retention and fee matters in numerous bankruptcy cases.
• Represent a debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case that is seeking to confirm a Section 524(g) Bankruptcy Plan that includes an Asbestos Trust.
• Represent the Development Recovery Authority in connection with an adversary proceeding commenced in the GDB Bankruptcy in Puerto Rico.
• Represented a purchaser of assets of a company that was previously involved in a bankruptcy case with asbestos liability issues.
• Represented the largest equity holder in the Global Entertainment Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in successfully objecting to an equity trading order.
• Represented Lehman Commercial Paper in a variety of issues relating to their bankruptcy, including derivative matters, post-petition interest issues and other plan-related disputes.
• Represented a group of equity holders in an energy company’s bankruptcy case in connection with their request for the appointment of an equity committee.
• Represented a group of hedge funds in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy case in connection with plan-related disputes.
• Represented certain investors in the Madoff Ponzi scheme case in connection with adversary proceedings commenced against them for fraudulent conveyances and other alleged avoidable transfers.
• Represented an insurer of general obligation bonds in a Chapter 9 bankruptcy case commenced by a health care district.
• Represented the examiner in Enron North America in analyzing intercompany issues and acting as a plan facilitator.
• Represented the examiner in Coudert Brothers in analyzing claims against partners and formulating a partner contribution plan.
• Represented a receiver for a failed investment advisor including sorting through issues related to commingled accounts, liquidating assets, and formulating a plan of distribution.
• Represented creditors in various Chapter 11 cases, including, among others, those brought by (i) a communications company, (ii) various jewelry companies, (iii) a hospital, and (iv) a munitions manufacturer.
• Represented various debtors in Chapter 11 cases, including, among others, those brought by (i) a retail chain of stores, (ii) a steel business, and (iii) a large group of nursing homes.

Scott Davidson is the lawyer clients turn to for high-stakes Chapter 11 cases and other insolvency-related litigation matters. With over three decades of experience, he has played key roles in some of the largest bankruptcies ever filed—General Motors, Lehman Brothers, Adelphia Communications, and Enron—guiding asset buyers, distressed investors, creditors, lenders, and fiduciaries through their most complex restructurings and insolvency-related disputes. Scott also is frequently involved in complex insolvency-related litigation matters arising in lender liability, real estate and other contexts.

Scott's practice spans the full spectrum of bankruptcy litigation and restructuring: Chapter 11 cases, complex commercial litigation, settlement negotiations, insolvency-related disputes, and both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. He has represented court-appointed examiners, federal receivers in SEC enforcement actions, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and professional services firms in matters ranging from targeted disputes to multibillion-dollar proceedings.

His litigation track record reflects the scale and complexity of his work. Scott has participated in extensive multi-year proceedings involving claims in excess of $10 billion across bankruptcy, class action, and commercial matters. He litigated a complex bankruptcy matter involving billions of dollars in claims related to a unique form of foreign indebtedness—a case that encompassed 16 trial days, hundreds of exhibits, and numerous witnesses. He has also successfully argued numerous motions resulting in injunctions barring the prosecution of hundreds of millions of dollars in claims, with each victory upheld on appeal.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Scott was counsel at Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter), where he participated in multi-billion dollar bankruptcy cases and federal receiverships, including representing court-appointed examiners. He began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Melanie L. Cyganowski (ret.) of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

A frequent author on insolvency topics, Scott is a contributing author to King & Spalding's Lender Liability Quarterly and has published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, The Banking Law Journal, the New York Law Journal, Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, and Bloomberg Law Reports. He writes and presents on developments in bankruptcy law and commercial real estate restructurings.