Aaron Metviner

Since joining Kirkland, Aaron has been involved in the following matters:

• Argo Blockchain plc ― Represented Galaxy Digital, a global crypto-focused financial services firm, in its successful out-of-court purchase of the 200 MW “Helios” mega-mining facility in Dickens County, Texas. As part of the transaction, Galaxy Digital also provided a $35 million loan to Argo Blockchain, infusing the struggling crypto miner with necessary liquidity and helping it avert a Chapter 11 filing.
• Compute North Holdings, Inc. ― Represented Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure investment and operating firm, in its successful Chapter 11 purchase of two bitcoin mega-mining facilities: a 300 MW facility in Wolf Hollow, TX and a 100 MW facility in Kearny, Nebraska. The section 363 sale was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Juniper Specialty Products, LLC and SGCE, LLC ― Represented EQT Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of EQT Corporation (the largest producer of natural gas in the United States), in its successful purchase of 42 metric tons of Fischer-Tropsch TL8 catalyst from the Chapter 7 estates of Juniper Specialty Products, LLC and SGCE, LLC. The section 363 sale was approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Service King Paint & Body LLC ― Represented Service King Paint & Body LLC, the third largest operator of auto body collision repair facilities in the U.S. (operating over 300 facilities across 24 states and Washington D.C.), and certain of its affiliates in an out-of-court restructuring transaction involving the raise of $200 million in new capital, reduction of $500 million in net indebtedness, and extension of remaining existing funded debt maturities. The transaction was supported by substantially all of Service King’s funded debtholders in addition to the company’s equity sponsors.
• Riverbed Technology, Inc. ― Represented Riverbed Technology, Inc. and three of its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Riverbed is a leading provider of IT optimization products and services, including a suite of best-in-class network visibility, management and performance enhancement solutions to many of the world’s largest organizations. Riverbed commenced its Chapter 11 cases with a fully solicited plan and the support of 100% of its first lien and second lien lenders. Pursuant to the Chapter 11 plan, Riverbed eliminated approximately $1.1 billion of its funded debt and received $100 million in new capital.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Aaron was involved in the following matters:

• Avianca Holdings S.A. ― Represented Avianca, the largest Colombian airline and second largest airline in Latin America, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Seadrill Partners LLC ― Represented an ad hoc group of term loan B lenders to Seadrill Partners LLC (now Aquadrill LLC) in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in its successful debt-to-equity takeover of the Company.
• Sanchez Corporation ― Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors to Sanchez Energy Corporation in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• PG&E Corporation ― Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors to PG&E in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.
• Aegean Marine Petroluem Network Inc. ― Represented Mercuria Energy, the DIP lender and successful stalking horse bidder to Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Usina Santa Terezinha ― Represented UST, one of the largest Brazilian sugar and ethanol producers, in its Chapter 15 proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Internap Corporation ― Represented Internap, a major IT infrastructure company, in its Chapter 11 proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Stearns Holdings, LLC ― Represented the repo DIP lender to Stearns Holdings LLC in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.