New Chapter 11 Filing - Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd.

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Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd.

  • 2/6/17 Recap: Private equity backed marine shipping company files for prepackaged chapter 11 to effectuate sale of assets, the proceeds from which will be used to pay down debt. Sparrow Capital Investments Ltd. will purchase the company's river business holding companies for $73mm in cash. Barry Ridings of Lazard will be on the reorganized company's Board of Directors (and collect an $80k paycheck).
  • Jurisdiction: S.D. of New York
  • Capital Structure: $566mm '21 8.875% notes & credit facilities with International Finance and OPEC Fund.     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Zirinsky Law Partners PLLC (Bruce Zirinsky, Sharon Richardson) & Hughes Hubbard LLP (Christopher Kiplok, Erin Diers, Dustin Smith) & Seward & Kissel (Ronald Cohen, Lawrence Rutkowski, Anthony Tu-Sekine)
    • Financial Advisor: AlixPartners International LLP (Rebecca Roof, Stephen Spitzer, Peter Baldwin, Jon Bryant)
    • Investment Banker: Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC (Kevin Haggard)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk LLC (*click on case name above for free docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Ad Hoc Group of Noteholders
      • Legal: Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP (Tyson Lomazow)
      • Financial Advisor: PJT Partners Inc.
    • Offshore Agent: DVB Bank SE and DVB Bank Americas N.V.
      • Legal: White & Case LLP (Scott Greissman, Mark Franke)
      • Financial Advisor: Houlihan Lokey
    • IFC/OPEC Fund
      • Legal: Mayer Brown LLP (Frederick Hyman, Sean Scott,)
      • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting Canada ULC
    • Sparrow Capital Investments Ltd.
      • Legal: Chadbourne & Parke LLP (Andrew Rosenblatt, Marc Ashley, Robert Kirby)

Updated 3/30/17