• Represented investment fund in connection with the development of a loan-to-own Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to take a control position in the fulcrum secured debt of one of the U.S.’s largest owners of radio stations.
• Represented investment bank in connection with the sale of its distressed collateralized debt obligation portfolio.
• Represented investment fund in its acquisition of a multinational distressed and non-performing asset portfolio, including loans, claims, bonds and private equity positions.
• Lead  out-of-court restructuring and sale of subprime auto lender.  The Company engaged in out-of-court negotiations with its equity sponsor, senior secured lender, securitization counterparties, and potential buyer regarding a sale of substantially all the Company’s assets and operations.  The representation included contemporaneous planning for numerous strategic alternatives.
• Represented owner and operator of hotel properties with respect to their Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and the restructuring of approximately $1 billion of debt.
• Represented investment fund in providing debtor-in-possession financing to a tier 1 automotive supplier.
• Represented large national retail propane distributor with respect to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and the restructuring of more than $550 million of debt.
• Represented retail center owner in connection with its sale of real property under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
• Represented private equity fund in connection with its proposed acquisition of a substantial portion of assets of a tier 1 automotive supplier.
• Represented various parties in securitization and commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions, providing advice in connection with bankruptcy-remote structures, true sale and non-consolidation issues.
• Represented various parties in structuring and addressing the bankruptcy aspects of derivative contracts, including swap agreements, repurchase agreements and securities contracts.

Energy

• Represented creditors of Walter Energy Inc., Samson Resources, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. and Energy and Exploration Partners Inc.
• Represented the chairman of an official equity committee in the reorganization of Seahawk Drilling Inc., a company that provided drilling services to the oil and natural gas industries.
• Represented investors in Stallion Oilfield, a leading oilfield services company that provides comprehensive wellsite support and production and logistics services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, during Stallion’s Chapter 11 reorganization.
• Represented an investment fund with respect to the foreclosure upon natural gas working interests in the Fayetteville Shale.
• Represented creditors in Trident Resources Corporation, a natural gas production company principally focused on the exploration and exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources, during Trident’s Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Represented an investment fund in connection with Marcellus Shale, oil and gas leases with Cabot Oil & Gas and Hess Corporation.