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Austin Jowers has extensive experience in bankruptcy matters and is one of the country’s leading attorneys with respect to advising lenders, ad hoc committees and agents in connection with commercial workouts and restructurings. A partner in our Financial Restructuring practice, Austin also regularly represents buyers and sellers in connection with distressed merger and acquisition transactions. In 2019, Austin was one of fifteen lawyers nationwide included on Turnaround & Workouts’ List of Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers – 2019.
Austin’s restructuring experience includes multi-jurisdictional and cross-border matters and spans a number of industries, including retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, real estate, consumer lending, infrastructure and energy. Numerous deal teams lead by Austin have won national awards, including: Joerns Healthcare, Inc. (The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards 2019 – Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year), Fairway Markets (The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards 2017 – Consumer Staples Deal of the Year (Over $100 Million); Global M&A Network Turnaround Atlas Award 2017 – Pre-Pack Restructuring of the Year (Under $1 Billion)), Cooper-Booth Wholesale, L.P. (Turnaround Management Association’s Large Transaction of the Year Award 2015), and Cagle’s Inc. (Turnaround Management Association’s Large Transaction of the Year Award 2013).
Austin has been recognized as a leading bankruptcy lawyer in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500, and Georgia Super Lawyers. Austin is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, a Director of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, the Chair of the Georgia State Bar Bankruptcy Section, and a Master and Executive Committee Member in the Honorable W. Homer Drake Jr. Bankruptcy Inn of Court. Austin was also the past Chair for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop.
"Austin Jowers is adept at handling an array of matters for both individual and group creditors, as well as frequently advising on distressed transactions. He is thoughtful, attentive to the details and anticipates the direction a case is going to take," according to interviewees (Chambers USA).
J.D., Washington and Lee University, cum laude
B.A., Rhodes College, cum laude
Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
American Bankruptcy Institute
Atlanta Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia
Turnaround Management Association
September 21, 2023
Austin Jowers advises Goldman Sachs in connection with American Physician Partners filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy
June 8, 2023
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2023 Guide
June 1, 2023
Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes 186 K&S Lawyers and 84 K&S Practice Groups as Leaders in Their Fields
Represents the ad hoc committee of first lien term loan lenders in connection with the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of APC Automotive Technologies LLC, one of the country’s largest aftermarket suppliers of brake, chassis, exhaust and emissions automotive parts.
Represents Fortress Investment Group, as first lien lender, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Craftworks Holdings, LLC, the nation’s leading operator and franchisor of steakhouses and craft beer brewery restaurants in the United States, such as Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, and Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant.
Represents the ad hoc committee of first lien lenders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Fairway Group Holdings Corp., an iconic New York supermarket chain.
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April 24, 2021
Pitfalls of Unequal Participation Rights in Syndicated DIP Financing
February 13, 2017
A Lesson On The Rule Of Explicitness
September 21, 2023
Austin Jowers advises Goldman Sachs in connection with American Physician Partners filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy
June 8, 2023
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2023 Guide
June 1, 2023
Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes 186 K&S Lawyers and 84 K&S Practice Groups as Leaders in Their Fields
Represents the ad hoc committee of first lien term loan lenders in connection with the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of APC Automotive Technologies LLC, one of the country’s largest aftermarket suppliers of brake, chassis, exhaust and emissions automotive parts.
Represents Fortress Investment Group, as first lien lender, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Craftworks Holdings, LLC, the nation’s leading operator and franchisor of steakhouses and craft beer brewery restaurants in the United States, such as Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, and Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant.
Represents the ad hoc committee of first lien lenders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Fairway Group Holdings Corp., an iconic New York supermarket chain.
See more
April 24, 2021
Pitfalls of Unequal Participation Rights in Syndicated DIP Financing
February 13, 2017
A Lesson On The Rule Of Explicitness
September 21, 2023
Austin Jowers advises Goldman Sachs in connection with American Physician Partners filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy
June 8, 2023
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2023 Guide
June 1, 2023
Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes 186 K&S Lawyers and 84 K&S Practice Groups as Leaders in Their Fields
J.D., Washington and Lee University, cum laude
B.A., Rhodes College, cum laude
Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
American Bankruptcy Institute
Atlanta Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia
Turnaround Management Association