New Filing - Limitless Mobile LLC

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Limitless Mobile LLC

  • 12/5/16 Recap: Pennsylvania-based 3G/4G LTE network provider of mobile phone and home internet services to retail customers in rural areas filed chapter 11 to restructure its debt, winddown its retail operations and attempt to continue its wholesale business pursuant to a $4mm Tower Bridge DIP loan. Basically this thing is an investment cesspool: after a $9+mm loan and $25.2mm grant from the US government and a $30mm equity (and spectrum) infusion from Tower Bridge, the company determined that it had an "extended runway to profitability." Who modeled this for the US Government before doling out the grant?
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $9.2mm debt (Rural Utilities Service - United States) & $9mm (Tower Bridge LLM Partners LLC)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Dilworth Paxson LLP (Catherine Pappas, Martin Weis, Jesse Silverman, Lawrence McMichael, Erik Coccia)
    • Claims Agent: Rust Omni (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Tower Bridge LLM Partners LLC
      • Legal: Gellert Scali Busenkill & Brown LLC (Ronald Gellert, Evan Rassman)
    • Unsecured Creditors Committee
      • Legal: Saul Ewing LLC (Lucian Murley, Sharon Levine)
      • Financial Advisor: Gavin/Solmonese LLC (Edward Gavin)

Updated 12/29/16

New Filing - Northstar Offshore Group

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Northstar Offshore Group

  • 12/2/16 Recap: The E&P-oriented debtors filed a voluntary case converting an earlier August involuntary filing. The company is tied to the defunct Platinum Partners, which we covered in some detail here and here. 
  • Jurisdiction: S.D. of Texas
  • Capital Structure: $30mm LOCs (First National Bank of Central Texas) & $80mm 12% '19 second lien private notes (ex-interest of $13.7mm)   
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Diamond McCarthy LLP (Kyung Lee, Charles Rubio, Christopher Murphy, Michael Fritz)
    • Restructuring Advisor: CR3 Partners (Donald Martin)
    • Financial Advisor: M1 Energy Capital Management (Richard Bernardy)
    • Investment Banker: Parkman Whaling LLC (Thomas Hensley Jr.)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Sponsor: Platinum Partners
      • Legal: Holland & Knight (Robert Jonres, Warren Gluck, Barbra Parlen, Arthur Rosenberg)
    • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
      • Legal: DLA Piper LLP (Vincent Slusher, David Avraham, Adam Lanza, Daniel Simon, Andy Zollinger)
      • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting Inc. (Conor Tully, David Rush, Michael Cordasco, Paul Jordan, James Aharonian, Marili Hellmund-Mora)
    • Creditor: Spartan Offshore Drilling LLC
      • Legal: Vinson & Elkins LLP (Reese O'Connor)
    • DIP Lender: Arena Limited SPV LLC
      • Legal: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP (Timothy A. Davidson, Joseph Rovira)
    • First National Bank of Central Texas
      • Legal: Dykema Cox Smith (Deborah Williamson)

Updated 5/18/17

New Filing - Dowling College Inc.

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Dowling College Inc.

  • 11/29/16 Recap: Following the loss of its accreditation and a failed sale to a strategic, the non-profit educational institution filed for Chapter 11 with plans to effectuate a liquidation by way of sale of its Oakdale NY campus and residential portfolio. UMB Bank will fund a approximately $5mm DIP.
  • Jurisdiction: E.D. of New York
  • Capital Structure: ~$59mm municipal debt     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Klestadt Winters Jureller Southard & Stevens LLP (Sean Southard, Lauren Kiss) 
    • Financial Advisor: RSR Consulting LLC (Robert Rosenfeld) 
    • Claims Agent: Garden City Group LLC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • DIP Lender: UMB Bank
      • Legal: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC (Ian Hammel, Eric Blythe) & (local) Garfunkel Wild PC (Adam Berkowitz)
    • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
      • Legal: SilvermanAcampora LLP (Ronald Friedman, Gerard Luckman, Kenneth Silverman)

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing - Caribbean Commercial Investment Bank Ltd.

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Caribbean Commercial Investment Bank Ltd.

  • 11/23/16 Recap: Confusing mess but the upshot is that the court-appointed administrator (FTI Consulting) seeks to claw back depositor funds that were transferred to a separate entity under Eastern Caribbean Central Bank regulatory supervision.
  • Jurisdiction: S.D. of New York
  • Capital Structure: ~$6mm of deposits at issue.   
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Reed Smith LLP (James McCarroll, Jordan Siev, Kurt Gwynne)
    • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting (William Tacon, Ian Morton)
  • Other Parties in Interest:

New Filing - DACCO Transmission Parts (Transtar Holding Company)

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DACCO Transmission Parts (Transtar Holding Company)

  • 11/20/16 Recap: Ohio-based global supplier of products related to transmissions and drivetrains files for Chapter 11 to effectuate a prepackaged case handing the company over to the first lien lenders. The cases will be funded by Silver Point Finance LLC as DIP lender ($55mm).
  • Jurisdiction: S.D. of New York
  • Capital Structure: $376.6mm first lien TL (RBC), $48mm RCF (RBC), $170mm second lien TL (Cortland Capital Markets)     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Replacement Legal: Jones Day LLP (Scott Greenberg, Carl E. Black, Daniel Merrett, Stacey Corr-Irvine)
    • Original Legal: Willkie Farr (Rachel Strickland, Christopher Koenig, Jennifer Hardy, Debra McElligott)
    • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting LLC (Daniel Hugo, Dewey Imhoff, Stuart Gleichenhaus, Joe Lu, Carl Jones, Scott Hoffman, Luke McCrory, Patrick Rauh)
    • Investment Banker: Ducera Partners LLC (Agnes Tang)
    • Lease Consultant: Hilco Real Estate LLC (Ryan Lawlor)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk LLC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • RBC
      • Legal: Paul Hastings LLP (Randal Palach, Alexander Bongartz)
    • Ad Hoc Committee of Second Lien Lenders
      • Legal: Latham & Watkins LLP (Richard Levy, Matthew Warren)
    • Silver Point Capital (as DIP Lender)
      • Legal: Chapman & Cutler LLP (Steven Wilanowsky, Aaron Krieger)
    • Friedman Fleisher & Lowe LLC (as Sponsor)
      • Legal: Young Conaway (Michael Nestor)
    • Examiner
      • Legal: Jenner & Block LLP (Richard Levin)
    • Octagon Credit Investors LLC and Invesco Ltd.
      • Legal: King & Spalding LLP (Michael Rupe, Jeffrey Pawlitz)

Updated 3/30/17

New Filing - Xtera Communications Inc.

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Xtera Communications Inc.

  • 11/15/16 Recap: Texas-based publicly-traded provider of high-capacity optical transport systems for telecom service providers filed for bankruptcy with intent to sell the company to Neptune Bidco, as DIP Lender and stalking horse bidder (DIP = $7.4mm, Bid = $10mm inclusive of DIP amount).
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $8.2mm debt (Square 1 Bank), $10mm TL-A & $2mm TL-B (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation)     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: DLA Piper LLP (Thomas Califano, Jamila Willis, Stuart Brown, Maris Kandestin)
    • Investment Banker: Cowen & Company (Lorie Beers)
    • Claims Agent: Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • DIP Lender: HIG European Capital Partners
      • Legal: Allen & Overy LLP (Joseph Badtke-Berkow, Daniel Guyder)
    • Horizon Technology Finance Corporation
      • Legal: K&L Gates LLP (A. Lee Hogewood, Steven Caponi, Charles A. Dale III, Margaret Westbrook)
    • Wilmington Trust
      • Legal: Kaye Scholer LLP (Seth Kleinman, Michael Messersmith, Sarah Gryll) & (local) Morris Nichols (Andrew Roth-Moore, Curtis Miller)
    • Unsecured Creditors Committee
      • Legal: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (David Banker) & (local) Bayard PA (Justin Alberto)
      • Financial Advisor: BDO USA LLP (David Berliner)

Updated 12/1/16.

New (Chapter 22) Filing - American Apparel Inc.

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American Apparel Inc.

  • 11/14/16 Recap: Large US-based apparel manufacturer and retailer with 193 total stores files for bankruptcy - months, uh, after emerging from bankruptcy. Company filed with a $30mm DIP proposal from Encina Business Credit LLC. Plan is to sell (for parts) expeditiously to Gilden Activewear SRL for $66mm (IP, remaining wholesale inventory and wholesale POs during restructuring).  
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $215mm of funded debt ($90mm DIP-rolled-into-TL-exit + $82mm of additional financing) & $15mm unsecured UK facility (Standard General)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Jones Day LLP (Carl Black, Scott Greenberg, Michael J. Cohen, Erin Brady, Stacey Corr-Irvine, Genna Ghaul, Christpher Lovrien) & (local) Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (Laura Davis Jones, James O'Neill, Joseph Mulvihill)
    • Financial Advisor: Berkeley Research Group LLC (Mark Weinsten, Joseph D'Ascoli) & FTI Consulting (Andrew Hinkelman, Chuck Goad, Adam Saltzman, Frank Marshall, William Breashears, Zach Contreras)
    • Claims Consultants: Resources Global Professionals (Thora Thoroddsen, Evelyne Anglade, Scott Ashcraft, Luis Barreda, Sharon Dannewitz, Yolanda Hoelscher, Rodney Teruya)
    • Investment Banker: Houlihan Lokey (Saul Burian, Devin Shanahan, Sanaz Memarsadeghi, Ethan Kopp, Alexander Stolarz, Varun Desai)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • DIP Lender: Encina Business Credit LLC
      • Legal: Riemer & Braunstein LLP (Steven Fox, Donald Rothman, Lon Singer, Alexander Rheaume) & (local) Ashby & Geddes PA (Gregory Taylor)
    • Agent to Prepetition Secured Lenders: Wilmington Trust
      • Legal: Covington & Burling LLP (R. Alexander Clark, Dianne Coffino) & Pepper Hamilton LLP (David Fournier)
    • Buyer: Gilden Activewear SRL
      • Legal: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Michael Torkin, Brian Hamilton, Miaoting Wu) & (local) Womble Carlyle (Matthew Ward)
    • Lead Lenders & Equityholders: Monarch Alternative Capital LP, Coliseum Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP, Pentwater Capital Management LP, Standard General. 
      • Legal (except Standard General): Milbank Tweed (Gerard Uzzi, Eric Stodola) & (local) Fox Rothschild (Jeffrey Schlerf, L. John Bird)
      • Legal (Standard General): Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (Natasha Labovitz, Shannon Rose Selden, Craig Bruens, Erica Weisgerber) & (local) Young Conaway (Edmon Morton, Joseph Barry)
    • Largest Unsecured Creditors: Standard General, FTI Consulting, Moelis, Garden City Group
    • Unsecured Creditors' Committee:
      • Legal: Cooley LLP (Cathy Hershcopf, Seth Van Aalten, Robert Winning, Sarah Carnes, Michael Klein, Max Schlan) & (local) Bayard PA (Justin Alberto, Evan Miller, Gregory Flasser)
      • Financial Advisor: Emerald Capital Advisors (John Madden, Ryan O'Sullivan, Lawrence Jacobs, Christopher Moffatt, Jack Allen, Christopher Saitta, Daniel Pace, Ryan Feulner)

Updated 3/30/17

New Filing - Jo-Jo Holdings Inc. (Backwoods Retail)

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Jo-Jo Holdings Inc. (Backwoods Retail)

  • 11/09/16 Recap: Austin-based outdoor gear and apparel retailer with 10 retail stores and an e-commerce presence files for bankruptcy. Blames changing shopping trends and consumer behavior and pressure from e-commerce (cough, Amazon) and bigbox retailers and onerous leases for need to restructure (under $3mm DIP).
  • Jurisdiction: N.D. of Texas
  • Capital Structure: $65mm RCF 
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP (Michael McConnell, Nancy Ribaudo)

New Filing - Nasty Gal Inc.

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Nasty Gal Inc.

  • 11/9/16 Recap: Sophia Amoruso's provocative female-fashion e-commerce retailer with two California brick-and-mortar locations collapses under the weight of its own growth, global currency effects, and the inability to tap capital markets given depressed valuations for retailers, generally, and e-commerce businesses, specifically, and files for bankruptcy to delever its balance sheet. There is no stalking horse bidder for the assets. 87% of its revenues are from e-commerce. The company had at least $65mm of venture capital funding (Index Ventures, Ron Johnson).
  • Jurisdiction: C.D. of California
  • Capital Structure: $15mm secured debt (Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc.), $5mm unsecured convertible bridge loan (at 3x liquidation preference)(Stamos & Johnson Fund I, LLP)   
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Robins Kaplan LLP (Scott Gautier, Lorie Ball, Kevin Meek)
    • Investment Banker: Peter J. Soloman Company 
    • Claims Agent: Rust Consulting/Omni Bankruptcy (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc.
      • Legal: Cole Schotz (Stuart Komrower, Ryan Jareck) & (local) Pachulski (Jeffrey Pomerantz, Jeffrey Dulberg)
    • Boohoo F I Limited
      • Legal: Troutman Sanders LLP (Penelope Parmes, Harris Winsberg, Stephen Roach)
    • Unsecured Creditors' Committee
      • Legal: Levene Neale Bender Yoo & Brill LLP (Gary Klausner, Todd Arnold)
      • Financial Advisor: B. Riley & Co. 

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing - Erickson Inc.

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  • Erickson Inc.

  • 11/08/16 Recap: Portland-based aviation services company with ties to the oil and gas and defense industries files for bankruptcy to delever balance sheet pursuant to a prenegotiated bankruptcy agreement with its lenders. The Company seeks a $180mm DIP credit facility (with $60mm of new money) to fund operations over the course of the restructuring.
  • Jurisdiction: N.D. of Texas
  • Capital Structure: $140mm RCF (Wells Fargo), $355mm '20 senior secured notes (Wilmington Trust)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Haynes & Boone LLP (Ian Peck, Kenric Kattner, Kourtney Lyda, Eli Columbus, Arsalan Muhammed)
    • Financial Advisor: Alvarez & Marsal LLC (Darrick Martin, Holden Bixler)
    • Investment Banker: Imperial Capital (Chris Shepard)
    • Claims Agent: KCC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders
      • Legal: Akin Gump (Scott Alberino, Brad Kahn, Marty Brimmage)
      • Investment Banker: Houlihan (Matthew Neiman, Andrew Morrow, Geoffrey Coutts)
    • DIP Revolving Agent and ABL Agent (Wells Fargo)
      • Legal: Goldberg Kohn Ltd. (Randall Klein) & (local) K&L Gates LLP (David Weitman)
    • DIP Lenders: (Wayzata Investment Partners and MHR)
    • Wilmington Trust
      • Legal: Seyfarth Shaw LLP (Christopher Harney, Bret Harper)

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing - Shoreline Energy LLC

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Shoreline Energy LLC

  • 11/02/16 Recap: Privately-owned Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana focused energy and exploration company files for bankruptcy backed by a $50mm DIP from Morgan Stanley Energy Capital (of which $32mm represents a rollup) and an RSA to sell the company to an affiliate of Highbridge Capital LLC, a second lien lender.  
  • Jurisdiction: S.D. of Texas
  • Capital Structure: $150mm RBL (Morgan Stanley), $160mm second lien TL, $71mm unsecured note (Sankaty Advisors LLC)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Jones Day (Thomas Howley, Paul Green, Jonathan Fisher, Cassie Suttle) & (conflicts counsel) Jackson & Walker LLP (Patricia Tomasco)
    • Financial Advisor: Imperial Capital LLC (Robert Warshauer, Justin Byrne, Kyle Anderson, John Radigan)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • DIP Lender: Morgan Stanley Energy Capital
      • Legal: Simpson Thacher (Nicholas Baker)
      • Financial Advisors: FTI Consulting
    • Second Lien Lender: Highbridge Capital/HPS Investment Partners LLC
      • Legal: Vinson & Elkins (William Wallander, Bradley Foxman, Reese O'Connor)
    • Unsecured Creditors' Committee
      • Legal: Arent Fox LLP (Robert Hirsh, George Angelich, Jordana Renert) & (local) Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams LLP (Kevin Walters, Eugene Barr)
      • Financial Advisor: Conway MacKenzie LLC (John Young)

Updated 12/30/17

New Filing - DirectBuy Holdings Inc.

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DirectBuy Holdings Inc.

  • 11/1/16 Recap: E-commerce provider of concierge-based virtual shopping experiences files for bankruptcy to achieve a balance sheet restructuring via sale of the business to proposed stalking horse bidder, Derby SPV Inc. 
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $145mm 12% PIK Toggle Notes, $10mm pre-exchange holdover notes.    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Cole Schotz (Michael Sirota, Norman Pernick, Felice Yudkin, Ilana Volkov, Marion Quirk, Nicholas Brannick)
    • Investment Banker: Carl Marks Advisory Group LLC (Charles Boguslaski, C. Scott Chabina, Jonathan Ladner, Parker Condie)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Unsecured Creditors' Committee
      • Legal: Saul Ewing LLP (Sharon Levine, Lucian Murley, Aaron Applebaum, Dipesh Patel, Monique DiSabatino)
      • Financial Advisor: Emerald Capital Advisors (John Madden)
    • Equityholders: Bayside Capital & PennantPark Investment Corporation
      • Legal: Weil (Brian Rosen, Debora Hoehne) & (local) Pepper Hamilton (David Stratton)

Updated 12/30/16.

New Filing - BPS US Holdings Inc.

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BPS US Holdings Inc. (Performance Sports Group Ltd.)

  • 10/30/16 Recap: New Hampshire-based publicly-traded designer, manufacturer, and distributer of sporting equipment (including Bauer Hockey and Easton Baseball) files for Chapter 11 and CCAA to effectuate an asset sale to Sagard Capital Partnes and Fairfax Financial for $575mm.   
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $200mm ABL, $330mm TL, publicly-traded equity.    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Paul Weiss (Kelley Kornish, Alice Eaton, Claudia Tobler, Christopher Hopkins, Diane Meyers, Moses Silverman, Kevin) & (local) Young Conaway (Pauline Morgan, Sean Greecher, Justin Rucki, Shane Reil, Kenneth Listwak, Andrew Magaziner) & (Canadian counsel) Stikeman Elliott (Kathryn Esaw, Frank Selke, Maria Konyukhova, Peter Howard)
    • Financial Advisor: Alvarez & Marsal (Brian Fox, Jay Herriman, Brian Corio, Michael Stewart, Greg Karpel)
    • Investment Banker: Centerview Partners (Mark Puntus, Ryan Kielty, David Zubricki, Mike Klain)
    • Claims Agent: Prime Clerk (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Canadian Monitor: E&Y (Brian Denega, Jean-Daniel Breton, Marin Daigneault)
      • Legal: Allen & Overy (Ken Coleman) & (local) Buchanan Ingersoll (Kathleen Murphy, Mary Caloway) & (Canadian counsel) Thornton Grant (Robert Thornton, D.J. Miller, Rachel Bengino)
    • ABL DIP Agent: Bank of America
      • Legal: Choate Hall & Steward (John Ventola, Douglas Gooding, Jonathan Marshall) & (local) Richards Layton & Finger LLP (Mark Collins, John Knight, Brent Haywood)
    • TL DIP Agent: 9938982 Canada & Sagard Capital Partners
      • Legal: Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Christopher Marcus, George Klidonas) & (local) Klehr Harrison (Dominic Pacitti)
      • Financial Advisor: Rothschild Inc. (Neil Augustine)
    • First Lien Lenders Steering Committee:
      • Legal: Weil (Matthew Barr, Gabriel Morgan, David Cohen) & (local) Morris Nichols (Robert Dehney, Gregory Werkheiser) & (Canadian counsel) Goodmans (Joe Latham, Brendan O'Neill, Ryan Baulke)
      • Financial Advisor: FTI Consulting (Daniel Hugo)
    • Prepetition TL Agent
      • Legal: Davis Polk
    • Fairfax Financial
      • Legal: Shearman & Sterling (Fred Sosnick, Stephen Blank)
    • Unsecured Creditors' Committee
      • Legal: Blank Rome LLP (Stanley Tarr, Josef Mintz, Andrew Eckstein, Michael Schaedle) & (Canadian counsel) Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP (Ryan Jacobs, Hillary Fender, Monique Sassi, Natalie Levine, Shayne Kukulowicz)
      • Financial Advisor: Province Inc. (Paul Huygens, Victor Delaglio, Michael Winters, Sanjuro Kietlinski, Ricky Ng, Jim Dong)
    • Ad Hoc Equity Committee (MatlinPatterson Global Advisors LLC, Scoggin Capital Management LLC)
      • Legal: Brown Rudnick LLP (Robert Stark, Stephen Levine, Bennett Silverberg, Andrew Carty, James Stoll) & (local) Montgomery McCracken (Natalie Ramsey, Mark Fink, Davis Wright) & (Canadian counsel) McMillan LLP (Andrew Kent, Jeffrey Levine, Caitlin Fell, Stephen Brown-Okruhlik)
      • Financial Advisor: Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc. (Adam Dunayer, Justin Zammit, Sam Stringer, Corbon Heizer)
    • Hungry Asset Monster Inc.
      • Legal: Burns & Levinson LLP (Tal Unrad) & (local) Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP (Ericka Johnson, Morgan Patterson)

Updated 3/30/17

New Filing - Valuepart Inc.

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Valuepart Inc.

  • 10/27/16 Recap: Distributor of parts for earth-moving equipment made by the likes of Caterpillar and Deere files for bankruptcy due to decreased revenues. The WSJ highlights that the company doesn't specify what caused the decline but it's pretty obvious: both CAT and DE new builds are down as farmers and others rely more heavily on rentals given depressed commodity prices.  
  • Jurisdiction: N.D. of Texas
  • Capital Structure: $27mm funded ABL (Wells Fargo)     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP (Marcus Helt, Thomas Scannell, Mark Moore)
    • Financial Advisor: CR3 Partners (Greg Baracato)
    • Investment Banker: FocalPoint Securities LLC (Michael Fixler)
    • Claims Agent: Upshot Services (*click on company name for docket)
    • Other Parties in Interest:
      • Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
        • Legal: Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC (Joseph Coleman, John Kane)
        • Financial Advisor: Lain Faulkner & Co., PC (Dennis Faulkner)

Updated 12/30/16.

New Filing - Basic Energy Services Inc.

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Basic Energy Services Inc.

  • 10/24/16 Recap: Publicly-traded E&P servicer files prepackaged chapter 11 cases to equitize $824.6mm of unsecured debt and bolster liquidity via $125mm rights offering.  
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $100mm '19 ABL, $165mm '21 13.5% TL, $475mm '19 7.75% senior notes, $300m '22 7.75% senior notes. 
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Weil (Ray Schrock, Ronit Berkovich, Jessica Liou, Arkady Goldinstein, David Zubkis, Elizabeth Kagedan, Alexander Welch) & (local) Richards Layton (Daniel DeFranceschi, Michael Merchant, Brendan Schlauch, David Queroli, Zachary Shapiro)
    • Financial Advisor: AlixPartners (David Johnston, Charles Braley, Brian Huffman)
    • Investment Banker: Moelis & Co. (Adam Keil)
    • Claims Agent: Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • ABL Admin Agent: Bank of America
      • Legal: Vinson & Elkins (Paul E. Heath) & (local) Morris Nichols (Robert Dehney, Eric Schwartz, Marcy McLaughlin)
    • Term & DIP Lenders (Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking, Riverstone Holdings LLC)
      • Legal: Davis Polk (Marshall Heubner, Darren Klein, Adam Shpeen) & (local) Potter Anderson LLP (Jeremy Ryan, R. Stephen McNeill)
      • Investment Banker: PJT Partners Inc.
    • Unsecured Bondholders:
      • Legal: Fried Frank (Brad Scheler, Peter Siroka, Carl Stapen) & (local) Blank Rome LLP (Michael DeBaecke)
      • Investment Banker: GLC Advisors
    • Agent to Postpetition Lenders: US Bank
      • Legal: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (Jeffrey Prol, Nicholas Vislocky, Theodore Sica)
    • Bank of America Leasing & Capital LLC
      • Legal: Norton Rose & Fulbright (Kristian Gluck, Greg Wilkes) & (local) Womble Carlyle (Kevin Mangan)
    • Creditors (Ascribe Capital, Atlas Enhanced Master Fund, Broad Street Energy Advisors, Blackgold Capital Management, Brigade Capital Management, Covalent Partners, Susquehanna Advisors Group Inc., Phoenix Investment Advisor LLC, Silver Point Capital LP, Whitebox Advisors LLC)

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing - American Gilsonite Company

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 American Gilsonite Company

  • 10/25/16 Recap: "Gilsonite" miner, processor, and oilfield services provider files prepackaged chapter 11 to effectuate debt-for-equity deal with 2nd lien noteholders and sponsor, Palladium Partners.  
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $20mm RCF (Key Bank), $270mm '17 11.5% 2nd lien notes (Wilmington Trust)    
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Weil (Matthew Barr, Sunny Singh, Jessica Diab, Prashant Rai) & (local) Richards Layton (Mark Collins)
    • Financial Advisor: FTI (Alan Boyko)
    • Investment Banker: Evercore (Stephen Hannon)
    • Claims Agent: Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLP (*click on company name for docket)
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Ad Hoc Noteholder and DIP Lender Group: Varde Partners, Axar Capital Management, PennantPark Investment Advisers, River Birch Capital, Tinicum Incorporated
      • Legal: Stroock Stroock & Lavan (Kris Hansen, Erez Gilad, Matt Garofalo) & (local) Young Conaway (Robert Poppiti Jr., Matthew Lunn)
      • Financial Advisor: Houlihan
    • Wilmington Trust
      • Legal: Pryor Cashman LLP (Seth Lieberman, Patrick Sibley, Matthew Silverman) & (local) Reed Smith LLP (Kurt Gwynne, Emily Devan)
    • Palladium Equity Partners
      • Legal: Simpson Thatcher (Elisha Graff, Ariana Watson Evarts) & (local) Landis Rath & Cobb (Richard Cobb)

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing: Key Energy Services Inc.

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Key Energy Services Inc.

  • 10/24/16 Recap: Oilfield services operator filed prepackaged plan to delever its balance sheet by 75% unsecured debt-for-equity swap subject to dilutive rights offering.
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $100mm '20 4.5% RCF (Wells Fargo), $315mm '20 9.25% TL (Cortland Capital Markets), $675mm '21 6.75% senior unsecured notes.     
  • Company Professionals:
    • Legal: Sidley Austin LLP (James Conlan, Larry Nyhan, Jeffrey Bjork, Andrew O'Neill, Christina Craige, John Hutchinson) & (local) Young Conaway (Robert Brady, Edwin Harron, Ryan Bartley)
    • Financial Advisor: Alvarez & Marsal LLC (Ed Mosley)
    • Investment Banker: PJT Partners (Mike Genereux)
    • Claims Agent: Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • ABL Admin Agent (BofA):
      • Legal: Latham & Watkins (Richard Levy, James Ktsanes) & (local) Reed Smith (Kurt Gwynne, Emily Devan)
    • Term Lenders: (BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, TPG Specialty Lending Inc., Tennenbaum Capital Partners)
      • Legal: Davis Polk (Damian Schaible, Eli Vonnegut, Angela Libby) & (local) Richards Layton (Mark Collins, Andrew Dean)
      • Investment Banker: Evercore
    • Supporting Unsecured Noteholders:
      • Legal: Sullivan & Cromwell (Michael Torkin, David Jakus, Lee Parnes)
      • Investment Bank: Houlihan Lokey
    • Supporting Noteholders & Supporting Term Lenders
      • Legal: Cleary Gottlieb (Sean O'Neal, Humayan Khalid, Matthew Rappoport) & (local) Morris Nichols (Robert Dehney, Eric Schwartz, Andrew Remming, Andrew Roth-Moore)
    • Wells Fargo, as TL Agent
      • Legal: Greenberg Traurig
    • Unsecured Noteholders: Silver Point Capital LP, Contrarian Capital Management, Scoggin Capital Management, Platinum Equity Advisors, Quantum Partners, Goldman Sachs Global Special Situations Group

Updated 12/30/16

New Filing - Channel Technologies Group LLC

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Channel Technologies Group LLC

  • 10/17/16 Recap: Manufacturer of ceramics, transducers and sonar equipment sold to the US Navy and defense contractors like Northrop Grumman, Lockhead Martin and Raytheon files for chapter 11 to address onerous long-term contracts and attempt an expeditious sale of the business.  
  • Jurisdiction: Central District of California
  • Capital Structure: $2.86mm secured debt     
  • Company Professionals:
  • Other Parties in Interest:
    • Prepetition Secured Creditor/DIP Lender: Blue Wolf Capital Partners
    • Northrup Grunman
      • Legal: Gibson Dunn (Sam Newman, Daniel Denny)
    • Lockhead Martin
      • Legal: Hogan Lovells LLP (Christopher Donoho, M. Shane Johnson)

Updated 12/30/16.

New Filing - IMX Acquisition Corp. (Implant Services Corp.)

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IMX Acquisition Corp. (Implant Services Corp.)

  • 10/10/16 Recap: L-3 Communications is stalking horse bidder in $117.5mm sale (plus assumed debt) of previously publicly-traded explosives trace detection business.  
  • Jurisdiction: D. of Delaware
  • Capital Structure: $84mm funded secured debt b/t Term Notes ($61.6mm) & Revolver Note ($22.5m)    
  • Company Professionals:
  • Other Parties in Interest:

Updated 12/30/16