Nautic Partners in its acquisition of SurfacePrep
Triton's Arvos Group in its restructuring via English Scheme of Arrangement
Nordic Capital in its acquisition of Zafin
Bain Capital Double Impact in its growth investment of Branching Minds
BasePoint in its purchase of certain Nextpoint Financial subsidiaries
Diversified Maintenance Systems, LLC in its $57.5 million incremental financing
AOC in its $400 million incremental financing
Cressey & Company in its acquisition of HealthDrive Corporation
Lannett Company, Inc. in its $60 million takeback and $45 million ABL
Mohari Hospitality in its acquisition of Tao Group Hospitality from Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Travel + Leisure Co. in various matters, including:
- its $300 million 2022 incremental financing
- its $598 million 2023 incremental financing and repricing
Denali Water Solutions, LLC in its $70 million trade receivables securitization
Cinven in its acquisition of Drake Software
West Marine, Inc. and its affiliates, a leading boating supply and fishing retailer, in a liability management transaction that effectuated a complete recapitalization of the business with near-unanimous support from West Marine’s existing lenders and its equity sponsor. The transaction injected an aggregate $150 million of new money into West Marine’s balance sheet and significantly reduced the Company’s cash payment interest burden
Cineworld Group plc and 104 of its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, Cineworld, the parent company of Regal Entertainment Group, is the second-largest cinema chain in the world, operating over 9,100 screens at nearly 750 cinemas in 10 countries worldwide. Cineworld commenced its Chapter 11 cases with approximately $5.1 billion in funded debt and commitments from an ad hoc group of prepetition lenders to provide nearly $2 billion in debtor-in-possession financing
HONX, Inc., in its Chapter 11 case filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. HONX is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hess Corporation, the global energy company. HONX and its corporate predecessors have for decades been subject to ongoing asbestos-related litigation in connection with HONX’s former ownership and operation of an oil refinery on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. HONX filed its Chapter 11 case with the goal of establishing and funding a trust under section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code to resolve and pay all valid current and future asbestos-related claims asserted against HONX
KKR in its investment in apexanalytix
Carlson Travel, Inc. and 37 of its affiliates (“CWT”) in the fastest cross-border prepackaged restructuring transaction to date. On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an order confirming CWT’s prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization, just 18 hours after commencing bankruptcy proceedings. CWT is a leader in business travel management with over 12,000 employees and operations in 140 countries and territories around the world. As a result of the restructuring, CWT eliminated almost $900 million of its $1.6 billion of debt, secured access to $775 million of exit facilities and a $350 million equity investment, and preserved the entirety of its worldwide employee base
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. and 17 of its affiliates in their pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases. JCPenney, an iconic American retail staple tracing its roots back to 1902, includes private brands such as Liz Claiborne, St. John’s Bay, Stafford, and Arizona Jean Co. JCPenney employs more than 85,000 people, manages a massive supply chain with nearly 3,000 vendors and eleven domestic shipping facilities, and operates approximately 850 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, in addition to a substantial e-commerce business. With approximately $4.9 billion in debt, JCPenney entered bankruptcy with a Restructuring Support Agreement that carries broad first lien stakeholder support and is expected to substantially de-lever the company’s balance sheet
Energy Future Holdings Corp. and 70 of its affiliates (collectively, “EFH”) in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. EFH--the largest generator, distributor, and certified retail provider of electricity in Texas--is the product of the largest buy-out in history. With over $49 billion in liabilities and $36 billion in assets, EFH’s Chapter 11 case is the largest operating Chapter 11 case ever filed in Delaware and one of the largest Chapter 11 cases filed in history
