Christine A. Okike

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

• Katerra Inc. ― Representation of Katerra Inc. and its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Katerra is an innovative and eco-conscious construction company with facilities across the globe that develops, manufactures, and markets products and services in the commercial and residential construction spaces. Katerra commenced its chapter 11 cases with the goal of facilitating a marketing and sale process for its assets to maximize value and creditor recoveries.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Christine was involved in the following representations:

Company-Side Representations

• Board of directors of MD America Energy, LLC in the company’s prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring and sale of substantially all of its assets to Bausch Health Companies Inc.
• Excel Maritime Carriers, Ltd. in its Chapter 11 restructuring involving $1.1 billion of debt.
• DSW Group Inc. in its out-of-court restructuring involving more than $900 million of debt.
• Travelport Inc. in its out-of-court, cross-border restructuring involving $3.8 billion of debt.
• Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Inc. in one of the only prearranged Chapter 11 cases to discharge statewide consumer class action litigation.
• Vertis Inc. in its prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring of more than $700 million of debt.
• CIT Group, Inc. in its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases.
• Intrawest in its out-of-court, cross-border restructuring of $1.7 billion of debt.
• a major news organization in its out-of-court restructuring.

Purchaser Representations

• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in its $1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the non-PSAN inflator assets of Takata Corporation through cross-border restructuring proceedings in the U.S., Japan and Canada and out-of-court asset purchase transactions in Germany, China and Mexico.
• The National Hockey League in its acquisition of the Phoenix Coyotes.
• DISH Network Corporation in its $1.4 billion acquisition of DBSD North America.

Creditor/Lender Representations

• Callidus Capital Corporation in multiple transactions, including the restructuring of its secured loan to global automotive supplier JD Norman Industries, Inc.
• Black Diamond Capital Management L.L.C. in multiple transactions, including as the largest secured creditor in the Chapter 11 cases of Harvey Gulf International Marine.
• Salus Capital Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Harbinger Group Inc., as secured creditor in RadioShack’s Chapter 11 cases.
• Credit Suisse, as administrative agent, and the lender steering committee comprised of Oaktree Capital Management, Strategic Value Partners and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, in the out-of-court recapitalization of Hanley Wood, LLC.
• Ipsen Pharma SAS as lender, creditor, equity holder and seller of certain proprietary drugs, in the Chapter 11 case of Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
• The Yucaipa Companies in Barney’s out-of-court recapitalization.

Additional Representations

• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the Chapter 11 case of George Washington Bridge Bus Station Development Venture LLC.
• Walnut Creek Mining Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kiewit Mining Group, Inc., in the Chapter 11 case of Optim Energy, LLC.
• a major financial institution in formulating its resolution plan under the Dodd Frank Act.
• The Mount Sinai Hospital in the Chapter 11 case of North General.