About the Editors and Contributors

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Jason B. Binford is a Dallas-based partner in the Bankruptcy & Business Reor-

ganizations and Distribution & Franchise Practice Groups of Foley & Lardner

LLP. He works with franchisors, franchisees, and related parties to provide

workable, real-world solutions to deal with nancial distress. Mr. Binford draws

on his experience as a corporate litigator and an attorney board certied in

business bankruptcy law to assist in every aspect of a nancial reorganization,

whether inside or outside the courtroom. His understanding of, and experience

with, complicated issues of franchise law provides an uncommon level of agility

and legal sophistication in these matters. Mr. Binford’s experience also extends

beyond franchise issues, including the representations of debtors, creditor

committees, lenders, creditors, and every other meaningful stakeholder in large

to midsize Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases across a diverse set of industries.

He has been recognized through board certications from the Texas Board of

Legal Specialization and the American Board of Certication, as well as being

named a Rising Star and a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters every year since

2011. Mr. Binford is actively involved in the Forum on Franchising, where he has

previously spoken at the annual conference and published multiple articles in

the Franchise Law Journal. He also serves as an associate editor of the Franchise

Law Journal.

Daniel M. Eliades is a partner in the Newark, New Jersey ofce of K&L Gates

LLP and regularly represents various stakeholders in debtor/creditor matters

and insolvency issues. Mr. Eliades represents large and small franchisors in

out-of-court workouts with distressed franchisees including restructuring, sale,

composition, forbearance, and/or termination agreements. He also routinely

appears on behalf of franchisors in bankruptcy cases of franchisees throughout

the United States where he counsels franchisors on a myriad of issues includ-

ing prebankruptcy discussions with franchisees, cash collateral and critical

vendor negotiations, collection of pre- and postpetition royalties, negotiating

the assumption or rejection of franchise agreements and related executory

contacts, protection of intellectual property interests, sale or surrender of fran-

chised business assets, bankruptcy litigation, and restructuring debtor/credi-

tor relationships between franchisee and franchisor. Mr. Eliades is a frequent

author and lecturer in the areas of bankruptcy law, franchise matters, and

debtor/creditor interactions. Recently, Mr. Eliades presented at the 20th Annual

Honorable William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bar Conference on issues pertaining

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