About me

Address: New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745; Boston: 33 Arch Street, Suite 2500, Boston, MA 02110

Areas of Focus: Capital Markets; Corporate; Corporate Governance; Special Situations; Europe Financial Restructuring; U.S. Financial Restructuring; Financial Restructuring; Credit Funds; Institutional Investors; Institutional Private Placements; Hedge Funds; Private Equity Transactions; Public Company Advisory

Biography:
Jesse leverages his significant experience in special situations and capital markets matters to represent credit investors and distressed companies in complex recapitalization and refinancing transactions.
He regularly advises creditor groups, investment funds, companies and boards on:
- Exchange offers
- Tender offers
- Consent solicitations
- In- and out-of-court restructurings
- Rights offerings
- Exchange Act registration, reporting and deregistration
- Stock exchange listing and compliance
- Corporate governance matters
- Covenant analysis
In addition, Jesse represents issuers, investors and underwriters in connection with public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He has particular experience in the telecommunications, government services, health care, public utility and energy industries.

Representative Work:
- Advised GTT Communications, Inc., a managed network and security services provider, on its $4.5 billion business transformation and financial restructuring, including its prepackaged chapter 11 cases.
- Represented an ad hoc group of bondholders of GEO Group, a leading provider of correctional and community reentry services, on exchange transactions to comprehensively address $2.0 billion of near-term debt maturities.
- Counseled an ad hoc group of first lien creditors of Avaya, a major provider of communications and networking products and services, during the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings restructuring $2.6 billion of outstanding debt, including in connection with a backstopped $150 million debt rights offering.
- Advised Sorenson Holdings, LLC, the leading provider of communications products and services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, in liability management and refinancing transactions, including a modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer, debt exchange transactions and the entry into new credit facilities.

Credentials:
Education: J.D., Yale Law School, 2009; B.A., Dartmouth College, 2006 (summa cum laude)
Bar Admissions: Massachusetts, 2009; New York, 2010
Court Admissions: U.S.D.C., District of Massachusetts, 2010
Clerkships: U.S.D.C., District of Massachusetts

Recognitions:
- The Legal 500 US , Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2024.
- Law360 , Rising Star, Capital Markets, 2023.

Affiliations:
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Insights:
- SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts (August 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-crypto-assets-a-tailored-offering-framework-for-crypto-investment-contracts
- DExit: The Reincorporation Decision — A Guide for Investors (July 29, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/dexit-the-reincorporation-decision-a-guide-for-investors
- Is It Time to DExit?  A Guide for Boards (July 22, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/is-it-time-to-dexit-a-guide-for-boards
- SEC Proposes Regulation E-Delivery: Electronic Delivery Would Become the Default (July 17, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-regulation-e-delivery-electronic-delivery-would-become-the-default
- SEC Expands Availability of Five Business Day Tender and Exchange Offers (July 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-expands-availability-of-five-business-day-tender-and-exchange-offers
- SEC Proposes Reforms to Registered Offerings and Public Company Reporting (May 21, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-reforms-to-registered-offerings-and-public-company-reporting
- SEC Proposes Optional Semiannual Reporting for Public Companies: What You Need to Know (May 6, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-proposes-optional-semiannual-reporting-for-public-companies-what-you-need-to-know
- SEC Grants Relief Permitting Shortened Tender Offer Periods for Equity Securities (April 20, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-grants-relief-permitting-shortened-tender-offer-periods-for-equity-securities
- SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Section 16(a) Reporting for Directors and Officers of FPIs, and Provides Exemptive Relief for FPI Directors and Officers in Qualifying Jurisdictions (March 12, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/sec-adopts-final-rules-requiring-section-16a-reporting-for-directors-and-officers-of-foreign-private-issuers-fpis-and-provides-exemptive-relief-for-fpi-directors-and-officers
- Key Trends and Developments from the Bond Markets During 2025: What Directors Need to Know (March 11, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/key-trends-and-developments-from-the-bond-markets-during-2025-what-directors-need-to-know
- Section 16(a) Reporting Will Be Required for Foreign Private Issuer Directors and Officers (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/Section-16a-Reporting-Will-Be-Required-for-Foreign-Private-Issuer-Directors-and-Officers
- White House Executive Order Targets Proxy Advisory Firms – Potential Implications for Companies and Investors (December 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/white-house-executive-order-targets-proxy-advisory-firms-potential-implications-for-companies-and-investors