Jeffrey W. Spear

focuses his practice on troubled financings and bankruptcies, representing debtors, bondholders, indenture trustees, secured and unsecured creditors and acquirers of assets of distressed companies. He also represents emerging businesses, private equity and venture capital firms and angel investors, helps early stage clients raise capital and guides business owners and entrepreneurs in mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Additionally, he has successfully structured complex transactions involving both public and private financing for both mature and start-up companies.

Active in the community, Jeff is a founder, officer and executive committee member of Vibrant Pittsburgh, an economic development non-profit, working to grow the Pittsburgh region by attracting, retaining and elevating a diverse workforce. He is a past chair of the board of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh and has served several terms as a member of the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. He is an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Program. Jeff also served on the Executive Council of the Allegheny County Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section from 1994 to 2003 and remains an active member of the Bankruptcy Bar.

Mr. Spear is a 1989 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a 1986 graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Honors and Awards

•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell