A top-notch restructuring group, capable of handling the biggest and the most difficult restructuring from either company side or creditors’ side.
- Chambers USA, Band 1 Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Nationwide and NY)
2023 Restructuring Department Highlights
Our team played a leading role in many of the most significant restructuring matters of the year. Below are some of our largest matters that have kept us busy in 2023.
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Diamond Sports Group
Diamond Sports Group, the nation’s largest owner of regional sports networks, in its chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. In connection with its filing, Diamond entered into a restructuring support agreement with the company’s creditors that would eliminate over $8 billion of its outstanding debt.
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Revlon
Revlon, a leading global beauty company, and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Party City
Party City, a global leader in the celebrations industry, and certain domestic subsidiaries in its prearranged chapter 11 proceedings, as well as the provision of $150 million of debtor-in-possession financing, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas.
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Proterra
Proterra, a publicly traded developer and producer of commercial electric vehicle technology, including proprietary battery systems, electric transit buses, and turnkey charging solutions, in its chapter 11 cases in the District of Delaware.
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Digicel Group
An ad hoc group of secured and unsecured creditors of Digicel Group, the leading provider of mobile phone networks and home entertainment services in 25 markets across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, in its restructuring of over $5.4 billion of debt.
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National CineMedia
National CineMedia, the largest movie theater advertising business in North America, in its chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas.
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Rite Aid Corporation
An ad hoc group of second lien noteholders of Rite Aid Corporation, a full-service pharmacy company providing a broad range of services, including retail pharmacy, PBM, and mail order, across 17 states, in connection with its restructuring of $3.4 billion of total funded debt, including $1.05 billion held by the ad hoc group.
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Mallinckrodt
An ad hoc committee of noteholders of Mallinckrodt, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, in (a) Mallinckrodt’s chapter 11 cases and (b) a prior out-of-court exchange of $495 million of senior unsecured debt for new first lien senior secured notes, on a par-for-par basis.
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Brookfield
Brookfield in a restructuring of its portfolio company, Altera Infrastructure, a leading international midstream services provider to the oil and gas industry, through prearranged chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas. Brookfield provided a $70 million DIP loan and participated in an approximately $95 million equity rights offering. The company’s plan provided for the restructuring of over $1 billion in liabilities.
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Western Global Airlines
An ad hoc group of DIP lenders and unsecured noteholders in the chapter 11 restructuring of Western Global Airlines, an independent provider of commercial, long-haul air cargo transportation services.