Representative Matters

In re Millennium Lab Holdings II LLC, et al. (D. Del.)

Representing reorganized debtor in contractual dispute regarding terms of loan to debtor’s liquidating trust and opposing liquidating trustee’s motion to re-open chapter 11 cases.

Represented Avenue Capital Group in PGA Tour Investment

Represented Avenue Sports Fund, an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group, respecting its investment in Strategic Sports Group (SSG), a consortium of sports franchise owners and investors, in support of SSG’s $3 billion investment in PGA Tour Enterprises, a new commercial venture between the PGA Tour, SSG and PGA Tour players.

Represented Milwaukee Bucks Co-owner, Marc Lasry, in the Sale of Stake in the Team

Represented Milwaukee Bucks co-owner, Marc Lasry, in the sale of his 25 percent stake in the team to Cleveland Brown owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam. According to ESPN, the transaction struck at a $3.5 billion valuation was the second highest valuation ever paid for an NBA team and the third highest valuation for any American professional sports team. It was a tremendously successful conclusion to Mr. Lasry’s tenure as an owner and steward of the championship Bucks.

Lender – Luxury Hotel in New York City

Representing mezzanine lender in connection with defaults under the mezzanine financing for a luxury hotel in New York City, including advising the lender on a potential UCC foreclosure of the hotel or a potential sale of the lender’s mezzanine loan to a third party.

Johnson & Johnson Spin-off Bankruptcy Case: Amicus Briefs

Authored and filed amicus briefs on behalf of a group of well-renowned bankruptcy law professors concerning debtor LTL Management LLC ("LTL"), an entity created by Johnson & Johnson to hold its talc liabilities to cancer victims exposed to talc in J&J’s products. The professors filed these briefs in support of the Official Committee of Talc Claimants’ motion to dismiss LTL’s chapter 11 case, both before the Bankruptcy Court in the District of New Jersey, and the appeal from that decision that was heard directly by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In January 2023, the Third Circuit reversed the Bankruptcy Court’s decision and dismissed the LTL Chapter 11 case.

BlueBay Total Return Credit Fund, et al. v. Fontana, et al. (NY Sup. Ct.)

Representing minority LLC member in derivative action against majority LLC members serving on board and their affiliated lender funds asserting claims for breaches of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting such breaches.

ICG Global Loan Fund 1 DAC, et al. v. Boardriders, Inc., et al. (NY Sup. Ct.)

Co-counsel to group of minority lenders challenging non-pro rata priming transaction entered into between borrower, majority lenders, and equity sponsor. The legal issues being litigated here (i.e., whether a private roll-up debt exchange qualifies as an “open market” purchase and good faith and fair dealing requirements) are hot items garnering significant attention in the market. This matter is ongoing.

International Arbitration Dispute

Successfully defended an international manufacturer against a complex, multi-million dollar breach of contract claim brought by a U.S. trading company involving the sale of petrochemicals, including an award of attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs. The case primarily concerned whether a contract was formed under the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the CISG) or the UCC. The representation included a seven-day trial involving multiple fact and expert witnesses.

Sears – Special Counsel to Creditors Committee

Serving as (i) Special Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors charged with investigating potential estate claims and causes of action relating to a 363 sale of intercompany company notes and certain credit default swap transactions, and (ii) Special Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in high profile litigation on behalf of debtors’ estates, seeking to recover billions of dollars of claims arising from several prepetition transfers. (In re Sears Holdings Corporation, et al. (S.D.N.Y.)