J. Truman Bidwell Jr.

Truman's practice is focused in the areas of international asset financing, banking, structured finance and insolvency. He has represented lessees, lenders, developers, owners, underwriters and equity investors in infrastructure transactions. In addition, he has represented major banks, domestic and foreign corporations, investment banks, and domestic and foreign lenders in a broad spectrum of financial transactions.

Representative Client Work

• Representing the Slovak Republic in an airport privatization
• Representing a Colombian telephone company in debt restructuring
• Representing credit enhancers in structured financings
• Representing various start-up companies
• Representing foreign banks in international financings
• Representing a computer company in various corporate matters
• Advising a consortium on mineral investments in Africa
• Advising a company on mining operations in Rwanda
• Represented a French bank in an acquisition of a subsidiary from PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Represented a public company in a series of eleven acquisitions
• Represented a public company in a hostile take-over
• Represented a German bank in the acquisition of a U.S. broker-dealer
• Represented a U.S. bank in an acquisition of a boutique investment bank
• Represented a U.S. subsidiary of a Swiss fastener company
• Represented a Swiss chocolate manufacturer
• Represented a major underwriter of government securities

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

• LL.B., Harvard Law School
• B.A., Yale University

Community Engagement

• Founding Member, Tri-Bar Opinion Committee
• Assistant Editor, The Business Lawyer, 1999-2001
• General Counsel, Berkeley Divinity School
• Fellow, American Bar Association
• Trustee, Church Club of New York
• Board of Directors, Metropolitan Opera Club

Languages

• French

Awards & Honors

• Best Lawyers in America (2012-2019)
• New York Super Lawyers (2007-2018)
• The Legal 500 U.S. (2018)
• Martindale-Hubbell featured AV® Peer Review Rated

• Sullivan Attorneys Named New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 2018
  New York Metro Super Lawyers Magazine
  September 13, 2018
• Sullivan Ranked in the 2018 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
  Press Release
  May 30, 2018
• Sullivan Attorneys Named New York Super Lawyers 2017
  New York Metro Super Lawyers Magazine
  September 20, 2017
• Hague Securities Convention Takes Effect to Clarify Applicable Law Governing Securities Accounts Held by Intermediaries
  Client Advisory
  March 31, 2017
• Fair Warning: Amendments or Supplements to Language Often Found in Amended and Restated Loan Agreements May be Required
  October 27, 2016
• EU Bail-In Legislation
  Client Advisory
  July 1, 2016
• The Big Debate
  Power & Energy Solutions - North America Edition, Quoted
  2013
• Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2013 Best Lawyers®
  August 22, 2012
• Recent Developments in Chinese Government Protocols and Initiatives Seek to Encourage Foreign Direct Investment in Energy, Environmental, and Water-Related Industries
  Client Advisory
  June 11, 2012

Seminars & Presentations

• Annual Conference of the International Bar Association
  Rome, Italy (October 7, 2018)
• Opinions of Counsel in Cross-Border Financial Transactions
  Strafford, CLE Webinar (September 20, 2017)