Nicholas Warther

Restructurings

• Representing Technicolor S.A. in its Chapter 15 proceeding, which is part of a comprehensive restructuring strategy to raise €420 million in new financing and refinance Technicolor’s existing $477.8 million and €977 million of funded debt through an accelerated financial safeguard proceeding under French law.

• Representing Stage Stores, Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases.

• Representing Pier 1 Imports, Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases.

• Representing Windstream Holdings, Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases to restructure $5.6 billion of prepetition funded debt obligations.

• Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. in its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases.

• Westmoreland Coal Company in its Chapter 11 cases involving both its corporate operations and the operations of its majority-held publicly-traded partnership, in a complex transaction that preserved significant tax attribute value, including through the use of Section 382(l)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code.

• Cenveo, Inc. in its prepackaged Chapter 11 cases.

• Ad hoc committee of second lien noteholders in the Peabody Chapter 11 restructuring (prior to Kirkland).

Acquisitions and Equity Investments

• Audax Group in its acquisition of EIS, Inc.

• TZP Group in its strategic investment in Dwellworks.

• Numerous other representations, including of GTCR, Wind Point Partners, Audax, Sycamore Partners, and Estancia Capital Partners.

Sales

• Bain Capital in the sale of Sundial Brands.

• Sealed Air Corporation in its $3.2 billion carve-out sale of its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division to Bain Capital (prior to Kirkland).

Fund Formations

• Linden Capital Partners in the formation of its $1.5 billion Linden Capital Partners IV fund.

• EW Healthcare Partners in the formation of its over $745 million EW Healthcare Partners Fund 2.

• Ascendent Capital Partners in the formation of its over $700 million Ascendent Capital Partners III fund.

• Shore Capital Partners in the formation of its $293 million Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund III and $148 million Shore Capital Food & Beverage Partners Fund I.

Opportunity Zones

• Numerous representations in connection with investments in Opportunity Zones, including multiple sponsors in their formation of multi-asset Opportunity Zone Funds.

Financings

• Fortress Investment Group in its $100 million first lien financing to Theranos, Inc. and other representations.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 2016–2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, Summer Associate, Summer 2015