Talen Energy Supply, LLC — Representing an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders (the “Ad Hoc Group”) in the Chapter 11 cases of Talen Energy Supply, LLC and its affiliated debtors (“Talen”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Talen is one of the largest competitive power generation companies in North America, with a generation portfolio consisting of 18 facilities that are collectively capable of producing approximately 13,000 megawatts of power. Talen filed for Chapter 11 relief on May 9 to restructure its approximately $4.5 billion of funded debt obligations by way of a new money capitalization generated by an up to $1.65 billion new money capitalization generated by an equity rights offering backstopped by the Ad Hoc Group.
HONX, Inc. — Representing 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.
