Ron E. Meisler

Meisler’s company-side representations of note include:

• Armstrong Flooring, Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, pursuant to which the company sold substantially all of its assets
• Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., an upstream oil and gas Master Limited Partnership with approximately $1.5 billion in funded debt obligations, in connection with its 30-day prepackaged Chapter 11
• Blue Bird Bus Company, one of the world’s leading bus manufacturers, in connection with its restructuring
• Comdisco, Inc., formerly a leading multibillion-dollar leasing and technology company, in connection with its Chapter 11 case
• Delphi Corporation in connection with the restructuring of more than $22 billion in liabilities
• Eagle Food Centers, Inc., formerly a regional grocery store chain with $600 million in revenues, in connection with its Chapter 11 liquidation
• Globalstar, Inc., a leading satellite telecommunications company, in connection with its out-of-court exchange
• Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. in its Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The restructuring included a support agreement under which Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. and Deerfield Private Design Fund IV, L.P., the lenders under Melinta’s senior credit facility, would acquire Melinta by exchanging $140 million of secured claims arising under its senior credit facility for 100% of the equity to be issued by the reorganized company
• New Fortress Energy Inc. in connection with (i) its late-2024 multibillion-dollar financing transaction, (ii) its negotiated waivers and forbearance agreement with certain stakeholders and (iii) its evaluation of strategic alternatives and related negotiations 
• NGL Energy Partners, L.P. in connection with its approximately $3 billion refinancing of its revolving loan, secured and unsecured notes
• Pennfield Corporation, a regional supplier of animal nutrition and services, in connection with its restructuring
• a steel manufacturing company in connection with its contingency planning and ultimate out-of-court rescue
• Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, including its sale of substantially all of its assets to Bausch Health Companies Inc. under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
• The Singer Company N.V., a leading multibillion-dollar global manufacturer of appliances and sewing machines, in connection with its restructuring
• the out-of-court restructurings of various upstream oil and gas companies
• True Value in connection with its Chapter 11 filing and the sale of substantially all of its assets to Do it Best Corp. pursuant to a Section 363 sale process in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• WeWork in an $8 billion transaction in which SoftBank provided financing to the company and acquired a majority of its outstanding shares through a tender offer

His representations of purchasers and distressed investors include:

• APTIM in connection with a contested credit bid acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Juniper Specialty Products in the Chapter 11 and 7 proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. in multiple transactions, including:
  • as lender to and potential purchaser of SpeedCast International Ltd. in its Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Following a hotly contested plan process, the court halted the confirmation hearing and reopened the auction to provide Black Diamond with an opportunity to bid, ultimately resulting in a favorable settlement for Black Diamond
  • securing approval from the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York of the sale of Empire Generating to an entity controlled by Black Diamond and confirmation of a related “no impairment” plan of reorganization over the objection of certain minority lenders
  • its acquisition of the assets of White Birch Paper Company as part of White Birch’s cross-border restructuring
  • its acquisition of the assets of automotive supplier GST AutoLeather, Inc.
  • its secured loan to HGIM Holdings, LLC, a marine transportation company specializing in offshore supply and vessel support for deepwater operations
• affiliates of Blackstone Capital Partners in connection with a proposed acquisition of a power company
• Del Monte Pacific Limited in connection with a liability management transaction that facilitated a new “super-priority” financing arrangement that provided approximately $240 million of new money to a newly formed U.S. subsidiary of Del Monte Foods Inc.
• an affiliate of EF Capital Management in connection with its investment in Mobex Global International, Inc., a multinational automotive supplier specializing in the design, engineering and manufacturing of lightweight, precision-cast and machined aluminum components
• Equity Group Investments LLC in connection with subordinated financings to a subsidiary of Emmis Communications Corporation and in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. in the structure and formation of a joint venture for the $125 million acquisition of a portfolio of multifamily properties in the southeastern U.S.
• Hermitage Management LLC and PPM America, Inc. in the acquisition of Spanish Trail Country Club Inc. via a credit bid, as part of Spanish Trail’s Chapter 11 case
• Iconical Investments II LP, in connection with its secured loan, DIP loan and the $75 million disposition of Rdio, Inc., to Pandora Media, Inc.
• JAB Insurance, the global insurance business of JAB Holding Co. S.à r.l., in connection with its acquisition of Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Illinois-based subsidiary Columbian Life Insurance Co. through a state court-supervised process pursuant to a proposed plan of rehabilitation
• JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with the modification of a $1.195 billion senior secured loan and $475 million mezzanine loan originated for the development of the American Dream mall in New Jersey
• LAS Capital LLC in connection with its acquisition of the assets of electric vehicle manufacturer Lordstown Motor Corp. pursuant to its Chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Lucid Group, Inc. in its acquisition of select assets and manufacturing facilities in Arizona from Nikola Corporation through a Chapter 11 sale process
• Lynn Tilton in connection with the DIP financing and proposed acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Dura Automotive LLC as part of Dura’s Chapter 11 restructuring
• Norwest Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of certain affiliates of Clover Technologies Group, LLC
• second-lien lenders and certain third-lien lenders in the Chapter 11 prepackaged restructuring of Entegra Power Group, LLC
• The Washington Group in connection with its DIP loan and proposed acquisition of substantially all the assets of Dominion Diamond through a CCAA (Canadian bankruptcy)
• Volta Trucks in connection with the Proterra Inc. Chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. in the debt-for-equity swap in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Delta Petroleum Corporation