Nine Energy Service, Inc. — Representation of Nine Energy Service, Inc. and nine of its affiliates (Nine Energy) on its voluntary prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Nine Energy is an oilfield services business that supplies well completion solutions for unconventional oil and gas resource extraction and development across North America and abroad. Confirmation of Nine Energy’s plan eliminated over $320 million of funded-debt obligations, left general unsecured creditors unimpaired, and provided the company with access to a new, more flexible asset-based financing facility.
Alvaria, Inc. — Representation of Alvaria, Inc. and its affiliates (Alvaria), a contact center and workforce management provider, on its successful out-of-court restructuring that equitized over $700 million of funded debt obligations and injected $50 million into the go-forward business. Implemented through a strict equity foreclosure supported by existing equity holders and a majority of the existing lenders, the transaction preserved 1,000 jobs and eliminated over $80 million of annual interest expense. The transaction follows a successful liability management transaction led by Kirkland in April 2024 that received 100% lender support.
Sunnova Energy International Inc. — Representation of Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA) and over 275 affiliates in their comprehensive restructuring of approximately $9 billion of corporate debt and securitized obligations. Sunnova is among the nation’s largest installers and servicers of residential solar systems, with approximately 440,000 residential solar customers across the country and in Puerto Rico. Sunnova also manages and services 26 securitization trusts holding $7 billion of homeowner contracts and leases. Certain of Sunnova’s corporate entities are utilizing Chapter 11 to facilitate value-maximizing transactions as part of their enterprise-wide restructuring.
American Tire Distributors, Inc. (2024) — Representation of American Tire Distributors, Inc. and 12 of its debtor affiliates (“ATD”) in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. ATD operates the largest distribution network of replacement tires across North America. Prior to commencing its Chapter 11 cases, ATD had approximately $1.9 billion in funded debt, across a term loan and asset-based lending facility. ATD executed an RSA with a group of lenders holding more than 90% of their term loan and 100% of their FILO facility and commitments from the same group of lenders as well as their ABL lenders to provide debtor-in-possession financing, which included $250 million of new money commitments.
WeWork, Inc. — Representation of WeWork, Inc. and its debtor affiliates — the leading global flexible space provider — in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. With approximately $17 billion in funded debt and lease obligations at the time of filing and posing complex, novel issues of international, regulatory and foreign law, WeWork, with over 500 entities, is one of the largest jointly administered Chapter 11 cases in history. Through its Chapter 11 cases, WeWork was able to equitize all $4.3 billion of its funded indebtedness, right size its lease portfolio and reduce future obligations by $11 billion as the result of a pioneering strategy for rent negotiations, facilitate a global settlement with numerous stakeholders and navigate complex cross-border issues.
