Eugene Park is an associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and focuses on special situations finance, debt finance, restructuring and distressed situations.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Eugene was involved in the following matters:
Ad hoc group of term loan lenders in the prearranged chapter 11 restructuring of American Tire Distributors, which restructured over $2 billion of debt, including the extension and modification of the company's term loan facility and equitization of its senior subordinated notes.
Ad hoc group of bondholders issued by Exide Technologies in out-of-court recapitalization transactions and the eventual credit bid asset sale of the company's foreign operations as part of the company's chapter 11 liquidation. The chapter 11 plan de-levered over $700 million of secured debt and resolved contentious disputes with the DOJ, EPA, state and local environmental agencies, and unsecured creditors through a global settlement.
Pioneer Energy Services Corp. in its prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas.
Chatham Asset Management and its affiliates and managed funds in its acquisition of The McClatchy Company through a cash and credit bid under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
California Public Utilities Commission in the chapter 11 cases of PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, the largest public utility in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, with a reported $71.4 billion in assets and $51.7 billion in liabilities.
Holders of pass through certificates issued to finance coal power plants operated by Gen-On Mid-Atlantic and NRG REMA, subsidiaries of GenOn Energy, in GenOn's restructuring.
TPG Partners in the prearranged chapter 11 proceedings of its portfolio company, J.Crew Group. The chapter 11 plan provided for, among other things, the equitization of approximately $1.65 billion of secured debt.
A steering committee of prepetition lenders in connection with the chapter 11 reorganization of Fieldwood Energy LLC and certain of its subsidiaries.
Volkswagen AG in connection with the global restructuring and sale of Takata Corporation.
Ad hoc group of term loan lenders in the prearranged chapter 11 case of Covia Holdings Corporation.
TerraVia Holdings, Inc. in connection with its chapter 11 restructuring.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. in connection with a $6.25 billion refinancing transaction.
The administrative and collateral agent in connection with a $725 million debtor-in-possession financing for Avaya Inc.
