Professional Experience
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. SunCom Wireless, Inc. Subdebt-for-Equity Restructuring Represented SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. in the restructuring of $679 million of its subdebt via an exchange of new equity for outstanding subdebt.
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Parmalat Finanziaria SpA Bankruptcy of Parmalat Finanziaria SpA Represented Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, as debtor, in its bankruptcy in the New York Southern Bankruptcy Court. Advising Parmalat generally regarding its global operations, and particularly relating to the jurisdictional issues in cayman and those in Ireland regarding the EC Regulation on Insolvency. more
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Galvex Holdings Ltd. Sale of Certain Assets and Equity Interests of Galvex Holdings Ltd. Represented Galvex Holdings Ltd. in the sale of certain assets and equity interests to SPCP Group LLC.
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Senior Subordinated Noteholders Acquisition of Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. Represented senior subordinated noteholders in the acquisition of Integrated Electrical Services, Inc.
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NABI Autobuszipari Rt. Sale of NABI, Inc. and the Business Assets of NABI, Rt. Represented NABI Bus Industries Rt. and its US subsidiary, North American Bus Industries Inc., in its approximately $115 million debt and equity restructuring. Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co., LLC in New York and Numerica LLP in London were the financial advisors to NABI. The business, assets and bank debt of NABI were sold to private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, for an undisclosed sum in one of the major private equity transactions in Hungary in 2006.
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Galvex Holdings Limited Sale of Assets of Galvex Holdings Ltd. Represented Galvex Holdings Ltd. in its sale of substantially all of its assets and represented Galvex Trade, Galvex Estonia OÜ, and Galvex Holdings' other affiliates in obtaining the dismissal of their chapter 11 cases. The Galvex entities own and manage the largest independent steel galvanizing facility in Europe, located in Tallinn, Estonia’s industrial port. more
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Silicon Graphics, Inc. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Represented Silicon Graphics, Inc. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries as debtors in their chapter 11 reorganization. more
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Applera Corporation Applera Corporation and Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. v. MJ Research Inc., et al. To help protect Nobel Prize-winning polymerase chain reaction technologies, Weil was brought in as trial counsel shortly before trial. We secured a $35 million jury trial verdict, including enhancements, on behalf of Applera. more
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MCI, Inc. Sale of MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom, Inc.) Represented MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom, Inc.) in its $10.632 billion sale to Verizon Communications, Inc.
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Atkins Nutritionals Inc. Restructuring of Atkins Nutritionals Inc. Successfully represented Atkins Nutritionals Inc. which enabled the company to emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection only five months after the commencement of its case. more
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Nabi Autóbuszipari Rt. Debt and equity restructuring and disposal of non-core assets Represented NABI Bus Industries Rt. ("NABI") and its US subsidiary, North American Bus Industries Inc., in an approximately $115 million debt and equity restructuring and disposal of non-core assets. more
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WorldCom Inc. In re WorldCom, Inc. (Embratel Sale Hearing) WGM successfully represented WorldCom Inc. (formerly MCI) within the WorldCom bankruptcy regarding the sale of Embratel, the Brazilian long distance concessionaire to Telmex, the Mexican telephone company. Since WorldCom had made a motion for sale approval while it was still in chapter 11, MCI had to get the Court’s approval for this sale. This representation involved multiple WGM practice groups. In the end, the court, ruled in favor of the sale. more
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MCI, Inc. Sale of Embratel Participações S.A by MCI, Inc. (WorldCom, Inc.) Represented MCI, Inc. (WorldCom, Inc.) in the $400 million sale of its investment in Embratel Participações S.A to Telefonos de Mexico (TELMEX). more
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MCI Reorganization of WorldCom/MCI Represented WorldCom, as debtor, in its chapter 11 reorganization, resulting in the reorganized MCI. more
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Credit Suisse First Boston In re Washington Group, Inc. Lead trial counsel for Credit Suisse First Boston, along with a group of secured lenders, in a large Chapter 11 case involving a worldwide project construction company. Obtained a trial victory on a contested confirmation of a plan of reorganization in Bankruptcy Court in Reno, Nevada. The trial focused primarily on novel and complex valuation issues. Ultimately, the victory was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit. more
Education
Cornell University
J.D.
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Cornell University
B.A.
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Publications
Speaking Engagements
Distressed Real Estate Seminar 2007 (25th Floor Conference Center, April 25, 2007) more
Structuring the Purchase of Assets from Insolvent Companies (Puerto Rico, October 01, 2004) Sponsored by New York State Bar Association Business Law Section Fall Meeting
American College of Bankruptcy Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, March 29, 2003)
Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study on Chapter 11 Business Reorganizations. (Boston, June 27, 2002)
University of Miami School of Law's Sixth Annual Institute of Mergers and Acquisitions: Corporate, Securities & Related Aspects. (Miami, FL, February 07, 2002)
Websites & Blogs
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