Shayne Henry

3M — Trial counsel to 3M in largest mass tort MDL in history concerning sale of allegedly defective earplugs to the military.

24 Hour Fitness — Counsel to 24 Hour Fitness in nationwide and state consumer class action lawsuits involving gym access rights and termination fees.

Avaya Holdings Corp. — Trial counsel to Avaya Holdings Corp. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Avaya is a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify communications and collaboration. Avaya confirmed its plan of reorganization just over a month after it commenced its Chapter 11 cases. The confirmed plan reduced Avaya’s total debt by more than 75%, from approximately $3.4 billion to approximately $810 million, substantially increased Avaya’s liquidity position to approximately $650 million, decreased its net leverage to less than 1x, and provided substantial financial flexibility to accelerate Avaya’s investment in its innovative cloud-based communications portfolio.

Calpine Corporation — Counsel to Calpine Corporation in a wide range of pre-litigation advisement matters, including contract and regulatory disputes.

Frontier Communications — Trial counsel in Frontier Communications’ prearranged restructuring of more than $18.5 billion in outstanding funded debt, which was confirmed in approximately four months in a contested hearing.

Walmart — Counsel to Walmart regarding mass tort and product liability lawsuits filed in various federal courts around the country alleging the presence of heavy metals in private label baby food products.

Grocery Store Chain — Counsel to large grocery retailer in ERISA putative class action regarding retirement benefits.

Google — Counsel to Google and its affiliate in patent and trade secret lawsuit regarding the alleged misappropriation of proprietary information involving high altitude balloons.

Coherus BioSciences — Counsel to Coherus in lawsuit alleging the misappropriation of trade secrets related to a pharmaceutical biosimilar. Settled case on favorable terms on eve of trial.

Facebook/Meta — Counsel to Facebook in numerous litigation matters, including employment, patent, and trade secret disputes.

Comcast — Counsel to Comcast in numerous litigation matters, including patent and trade secret disputes.

Hulu — Counsel to Hulu in numerous litigation matters, including patent disputes.

Rite Aid Corporation — Litigation counsel to Rite Aid and 119 of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Rite Aid entered its Chapter 11 cases with $3.45 billion in debtor-in possession financing. Following months of negotiations including court-ordered mediation with all of Rite Aid’s key stakeholders, as well as several bet-the-company disputes and obtaining an additional $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing later in the cases, Rite Aid was able to delever its balance sheet by approximately $2 billion through a recapitalization transaction with its senior secured noteholders and resolve more than $2.5 billion in pending and threatened litigation. Rite Aid emerged from Chapter 11 on August 30, 2024 with $2.975 billion in committed exit financing, a new go-forward supply contract with McKesson (Rite Aid’s largest vendor and the provider of 98% of Rite Aid’s just-in-time prescriptions), settlement agreements or controlled substance injunctive terms with the Department of Justice and 15 states in which Rite Aid conducts business, and a leaner, more efficient real estate footprint.

Murray Energy Holdings Co. — Counsel to Murray Energy Holdings Co. and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Murray is the largest privately-owned coal company in the United States, headquartered in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and has operations primarily in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois, Utah, and Colombia, South America. Murray employs nearly 5,500 people, including approximately 2,400 active union members. Murray entered Chapter 11 with approximately $2.7 billion in prepetition funded debt and more than $8 billion in actual or potential pension and employee benefit obligations.

Tailored Brands, Inc. — Trial counsel to Tailored Brands, Inc. and its 17 affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases. Tailored Brands, a leading specialty retailer of men’s tailored clothing and the largest men’s formalwear provider in the United States and Canada, operates approximately 1,400 stores and employs over 18,000 people across its omni-channel network of five retail brands (Men’s Wearhouse, Men’s Wearhouse and Tux, Jos. A. Bank, K&G, and Moores).

California Utility Company — Represented federal court-appointed monitor in connection with criminal probation of large utility company.

BlockFi — Litigation counsel to BlockFi in its Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.

Real Estate Investment Trust — Counsel to REIT client regarding alleged RICO conspiracy.

Automotive Parts Manufacturer — Counsel to automotive parts manufacturer in a lawsuit alleging theft of trade secrets and copyright misappropriation. Settled case on favorable terms.

Associate, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, 2017–2020

Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2015–2017

Research Associate, New America Foundation