Oliver Paré

WeWork, Inc. ― Representation of WeWork, Inc. and its debtor affiliates — the leading global flexible space provider — in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. With approximately $17 billion in funded debt and lease obligations at the time of filing and posing complex, novel issues of international, regulatory and foreign law, WeWork, with over 500 entities, is one of the largest jointly administered Chapter 11 cases in history. Through its Chapter 11 cases, WeWork was able to equitize all $4.3 billion of its funded indebtedness, right size its lease portfolio and reduce future obligations by $11 billion as the result of a pioneering strategy for rent negotiations, facilitate a global settlement with numerous stakeholders and navigate complex cross-border issues.

Cyxtera Technologies Inc. ― Representation of Cyxtera Technologies Inc. (CYTX) and its affiliates (“Cyxtera”) in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Cyxtera is a Nasdaq-traded global leader in data center colocation and interconnection services, providing an innovative suite of connected and intelligently-automated infrastructure and interconnection solutions to more than 2,300 leading enterprises, service providers, and government agencies around the world. Cyxtera filed for Chapter 11 protection in June 2023 with over $1 billion in funded debt obligations and over $1 billion in long-term lease obligations to pursue a sale transaction and/or a recapitalization transaction as contemplated under a Restructuring Support Agreement supported by a supermajority of its existing first lien lenders. Cyxtera also filed with a $200 million committed DIP financing facility provided by certain of its first lien lenders.

QualTek Services Inc. ― Representation of QualTek Services Inc. and its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. QualTek is a provider of infrastructure services and renewable energy project solutions to the North American telecommunications and power industries. With Kirkland’s assistance, QualTek’s fully consensual comprehensive restructuring will reduce the company’s total debt by nearly half, from approximately $625 million to approximately $318 million, substantially increase QualTek’s cash on hand, and strengthen its liquidity position.

Genesis Global Capital, LLC ― Representation of an ad hoc group of creditors of Genesis Global Capital, a provider of lending and borrowing services for digital assets and fiat currency primarily to and from institutional and high net worth individual customers, in connection with Genesis’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Lincoln Power, L.L.C. ― Representation of Investec Bank plc (“Investec”), as administrative agent under a senior secured credit agreement, in negotiating the successful Chapter 11 purchase of substantially all of Lincoln Power, L.L.C.’s (“Lincoln”) assets by Avenue Capital Group in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The purchase included Lincoln’s two gas-fired, power-generation facilities in Illinois that can produce up to 810 MW of energy. 

Pipeline Health System, LLC — Representation of Pipeline Health System, LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Pipeline Health operates seven “safety net” hospitals, three health clinics and three medical group centers across California, Texas and Illinois, including Weiss Memorial Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center in Chicago. Pipeline’s hospitals operate in historically underserved communities, and a significant percentage of its patients rely on Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental programs for health coverage. Pipeline Health came into the Chapter 11 proceedings with a plan of reorganization seeking to restructure over $600 million of financing obligations.

Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc. — Representation of Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Voyager Digital is one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms in the world, allowing customers to buy, sell, trade, and store more than 100 cryptocurrencies and supporting over $1.3 billion in aggregate cryptocurrency holdings on the platform. Voyager’s Chapter 11 cases mark one of the first restructurings of a major cryptocurrency company. 

Envision Healthcare Corporation — Representation of Envision Healthcare Corporation, a leading provider of physician staffing services and operator of ambulatory surgical centers, in first-of-their kind liability management transactions. The transactions injected $1.1 billion of new money to Envision’s balance sheet and de-leveraged more than $1.9 billion of secured and unsecured debt obligations.  

Nordic Aviation Capital — Representation of Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company and its subsidiaries in connection with their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. NAC, an Irish company, is the largest regional aircraft lessor in the world with more than 475 aircraft. With over $7.7 billion of liabilities, NAC was the largest Chapter 11 filing in 2021. 

Rock International Investment Inc. — Representation of Rock International Investment Inc. and an ad hoc committee of noteholders in restructuring of US$300 million senior notes issued by Rock International Investment Inc. and guaranteed by Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co., Ltd. by way of a scheme of arrangement in the British Virgin Islands recognized under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Frontier Communications Corporation — Representation of Frontier Communications Corporation and its 103 debtor subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. With over $17.5 billion in outstanding funded debt, Frontier’s Chapter 11 cases were among the largest filed in 2020. Frontier, together with its subsidiaries, have over 4 million customers, and 18,000 employees across 29 states. The company’s prearranged plan, which was confirmed in approximately four months, effected a balance sheet restructuring that reduced the company’s outstanding funded debt by over $10 billion, carried broad stakeholder support and unimpaired all general unsecured creditors.

Forever 21 Inc. — Representation of Forever 21 Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Based in Los Angeles, California, Forever 21 is a fast-fashion retailer specializing in women’s and men’s fashion, jewelry and accessories with over 750 stores globally.