New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Republic Metals Refining Corporation
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November 2, 2018
Republic Metals Refining Corporation (and affiliates), a Miami-based family-owned refiner of gold and silver, filed for bankruptcy to run an orderly sale process of their assets and operations. Last spring, the debtors discovered “a significant discrepancy” in their inventory accounting that, ultimately, led to summer-time default notices from their various senior lenders. The lenders, however, were mostly kept at bay until the filing because the debtors appeared, on multiple occasions, to be close to a going concern sale.
Close. But no cigar.
In the absence of a pre-petition buyer and/or stalking horse bidder, the debtors will now continue their potential sale process or, alternatively, engage in a process to liquidate. The debtors have an agreement with their senior lenders for the consensual use of cash collateral for a short period to attempt a sale, liquidate, and implement a plan for the wind down of the debtors’ estates.
Jurisdiction: S.D. of New York
Capital Structure: $177mm senior debt
Company Professionals:
Legal: Akerman LLP (Susan Balaschak, Andrea Hartley, Katherine Fackler, John Mitchell, Esther McKean)
Financial Advisor: Paladin Management Group LLC (Scott Avila)
Investment Banker: SSG Capital Advisors LLC
Claims Agent: Donlin Recano (*click on company name above for free docket access)
Other Parties in Interest:
Senior Lender: ICBC Standard Bank Plc
Legal: Haynes and Boone LLP (J. Frasher Murphy, Eli Columbus, Geoffrey Raicht)
Senior Lenders: Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Bank Hapoalim B.M., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Techemet Metal Trading LLC, Woodforest National Bank, and Bank Leumi USA.
Legal: Luskin Stern & Eisler LLP (Richard Stern, Alex Talesnick)