Rebekah McEntire

• In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico — Trial counsel for BP in a portfolio of more than 870 personal injury lawsuits pending in federal court.
• Philadelphia Energy Solutions — Representing the East Coast’s largest refinery in a bankruptcy adversary lawsuit seeking business interruption and property damage coverage arising from a catastrophic explosion.
• Total E&P USA and Total Specialties — Counsel in climate change litigation pending in the Northern District of California.
• Extraction Oil & Gas — Counsel in Chapter 11 proceedings before Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware.
• Bayou City Energy — Counsel in litigation challenging its purchase of Alta Mesa Resources and then subsequently defended against attempt to enforce specific performance after market shifted but before closing took place.
• In re Nine West Holdings, Inc. — Counsel for Nine West Holdings, Inc., and certain affiliates in their Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Nine West Holdings is a leading designer, manufacturer, and primarily wholesale distributor of jeanswear, women's apparel, jewelry, handbags, and footwear with approximately $1.6 billion in outstanding funded-debt obligations at the time of filing.
• AMLI/BPMT Towne Square Partnership — Trial counsel for AMLI/BPMT Towne Square Partnership and related entities in a multi-million dollar real estate transaction dispute before the 295th District Court of Harris County, Texas. Successfully defeated several claims prior to trial with dispositive motions, secured a favorable, unanimous jury verdict on the remaining claim after a two-week trial, and secured a unanimous jury verdict awarding the company its reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in litigating the case. 
• Furie Operating Alaska, LLC — Representing private equity / creditor investment fund in connection with a term loan facility and debtor in possession financing facility in the Chapter 11 cases of Furie Operating Alaska, LLC, Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company, LLC, and Corsair Oil & Gas LLC.
• Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. — Represented Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. in its pre-arranged chapter 11 restructuring. Midstates filed for chapter 11 with a support agreement with a supermajority of lenders in all three of its secured debt tranches regarding a transaction that equitized more than 90% of the Company’s $2 billion in funded debt when the plan went effective in October 2016. Midstates is an independent exploration and production company focused on the application of modern drilling and completion techniques in oil and liquids-rich basins in the onshore U.S. with operations focused on oilfields in the Mississippian Lime play in Oklahoma and the Anadarko Basin in Texas and Oklahoma.
• SWEPI LP v. Talisman Energy USA, Inc. — Counsel to Talisman, an upstream oil and gas company, in breach of contract case regarding a jointly owned pipeline in northern Pennsylvania. Resulted in favorable settlement.
• LINN Energy, LLC — Representing LINN Energy, LLC and its affiliates in its chapter 11 cases filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Linn is a leading independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in 12 states and eight discrete U.S. regions.
• Ultra Petroleum Corp. — Representing Ultra Petroleum Corp. (“Ultra”)—a publicly-traded, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company—in its chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Ultra has historically been one of the lowest-cost operators in the domestic oil and gas industry. Ultra’s principal assets are its Pinedale Field properties in Wyoming.
• Mustang Gas Products, LLC v. BCE-MESA, LLC —Counsel to BCE-MESA in lawsuit alleging tortious interference of contract in Oklahoma state court.
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas — Counsel to Health Care Service Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas in a contract dispute in the Southern District of Texas.

Investigations

• Investigates cross-border tax evasion-related allegations on behalf of a major financial institution and assists in coordinating responses to U.S. and foreign regulatory agencies.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Represents inmate sentenced to death row in his appeal process in Texas state court.

Successfully obtained T-visas for a woman and her two children in coordination with Tahirih.

Represent clients seeking asylum in the United States and a veteran seeking medical benefits from the VA.