We provide best in class service in the following areas of the law:

• General corporate and contract law;


• Wind down work and Liquidation Trustee roles;


• Finance, loan and debt agreements;


• Liability management advice;


• Consultant and advisor to private equity firms on troubled situations;


• Corporate governance to officers, individual directors, restructuring committees and boards;


• Out of court workouts, restructurings and debt relief;


• Receiver roles in the context of state court actions;


• Distressed acquisitions and sales;


• Distressed contract counterparty risk;


• Bankruptcy;


• Subchapter V Small Business Reorganizations;


• Bankruptcy disputes and monitoring;


• Work with trial attorneys on bankruptcy advice, lift stay and consulting services;


• Debtor/Creditor rights;


• 363 sales of assets;


• Conflict and/or special counsel;


• Local counsel for out of town law firms; and


• Examiner and trustee roles in bankruptcy cases.

Current or Recent Experience

• Local Counsel to Anagram and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases;


• Represent E&P operator in Louisiana with regard to liability management options and strategies;


• Represent insurers with regard to protecting their rights in chapter 11 and 7 cases;


• Represent Eagle Valley and affiliates (upstream oil & gas producer) in successful Subchapter V case;


• Local counsel to numerous Ad Hoc Groups of lenders in chapter 11 cases such as Loyalty Ventures, Audacy and Venator;


• Represent a renewable energy plant in successful out of court reorganization;


• Represent a logistics company with regard to liability management options & strategies;


• Represent multiple creditors and counter parties in crypto related chapter 11 cases;


• Bankruptcy conflicts counsel for the debtors in Lilis Energy chapter 11 cases;


• Represent an upstream and midstream company in efforts to restructure its liabilities and obligations;


• Represent a solar power provider in the Talen Energy chapter 11 cases;


• Local Counsel to the Creditors’ Committee in Castex Energy 2005 Holdco chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas;


• The Liquidating Trustee of an oilfield supply company chapter 11 case pending in the District of Delaware;


• Defended an international corporation against preference claims initiated in the Dean Foods chapter 11 cases and reached successful early settlement of such claims;


• Represent numerous officers & directors as co-defense counsel along with trial law firms in responding to breach of duty claims in the context of a bankruptcy or wind down of a corporate entity;


• Represent a furniture manufacturer in successful Subchapter V case;


• Represent a tenant in the chapter 11 cases of CBL Associates and Washington Prime Group filed in the Southern District of Texas;


• Represent several claimants and plaintiffs in lift stay efforts in the cases of OFS International and Basic Energy Services;


• Represent an oilfield services company in a successful court workout and amendment to its credit facility;


• Managing the wind down of Lilis Energy as Liquidation Trustee and counsel to the Trustee;


• Represented several landlords in the California Resources Corp. chapter 11 cases;


• Represented a beauty care company in liability management & workout options;


• Represent a private equity backed investor in the pursuit of distressed upstream oil & gas assets;


• Represent a midstream provider in the chapter 11 cases of Fieldwood Energy in the complex reorganization of its assets into multiple different entities;


• Represented several royalty and working interest owners in the Chesapeake chapter 11 cases in Houston and reached successful settlements with regard to their pre and post petition claims;


• Represented landlord in Men’s Wearhouse / Tailored Brands chapter 11 cases;


• Represent numerous unsecured creditors in Upstream oil & gas cases related to rights such as statutory lien priority versus the RBL lender, general unsecured rights and providing services post-petition pursuant to a critical vendor order;


• Serve as the post-confirmation Debtor Liquidation Trustee in the GUE f/k/a FTD, Inc. chapter 11 cases in Delaware;


• Represented a national franchisor with regard to a significant franchisee chapter 11 case;


• Represent numerous private equity firms with regard to liability management options for their portfolio companies;


• Represent numerous investors with regard to potential investments in distressed situations;


• Represent numerous borrowers in negotiations with banks about loan modification, debt relief, forbearance agreements and waivers; and


• Represent numerous boards of directors, management teams and companies with regard to liability management and comprehensive solutions to financial hurdles.