Sheridan Holding Company II, LLC ― Representing Sheridan Holding Company II, LLC, and certain affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Sheridan II is an oil and natural gas investment fund. Sheridan II’s prepackaged restructuring proposes to address over $1.1 billion of funded debt obligations through an equitization or a sale of all, or substantially all, of Sheridan II’s assets. The restructuring has near universal creditor support and leaves general unsecured creditors unimpaired.
Barneys New York, Inc. ― Representing Barneys and its affiliates, the iconic luxury retailer and Manhattan staple, in their restructuring efforts in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Barneys specializes in products from the world’s top designers, including men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and home goods.
Specialty Retail Shops Holding Corp. ― Representation of Specialty Retail Shops Holding Corp. and its subsidiaries (“Shopko”), a retailer of general merchandise, including clothing, accessories, electronics, home furnishings, as well as company-operated pharmacy and optical-services departments, in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska. As of its Chapter 11 filing, Shopko operated more than 360 stores in over 25 states. Shopko’s Chapter 11 cases are the largest ever filed in Nebraska.
Gastar Exploration Inc. — Representation of Gastar Exploration Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Northwest Property Ventures LLC, in their prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Gastar is a publicly-traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas with assets concentrated in the STACK shale play in Oklahoma. The company’s prepackaged restructuring proposes to address nearly $600 million in funded-debt and preferred equity obligations, including the elimination of more than $300 million in funded-debt and preferred equity obligations, and provides for $100 million in committed financing to fund the Debtors’ business in and upon emergence from Chapter 11.
