Aaron advises creditors, debtors, new money investors (including hedge funds), administrators, and liquidators on all aspects of domestic and cross-border in-court and out-of-court financial restructurings, with particular expertise in Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 proceedings and special insolvency regimes applicable to financial institutions. Aaron also advises on bankruptcy issues affecting a broad range of complex transactions, including M&A, structured finance, and derivatives transactions in the commodities and securities space.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO) in its acquisition of Remington Ammunition via a Section 363 Sale Process.
Represented the Foreign representative of IIG Trade Opportunities Fund, N.V. on the recognition of its Curacao liquidation under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Represented a credit fund on consensual and non-consensual enforcement alternatives in connection with an international shipping group’s default on loan obligations in excess of $100 million.
Represented Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO) in its acquisition of Remington Ammunition via a Section 363 Sale Process.
Represented the Foreign representative of IIG Trade Opportunities Fund, N.V. on the recognition of its Curacao liquidation under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Represented a credit fund on consensual and non-consensual enforcement alternatives in connection with an international shipping group’s default on loan obligations in excess of $100 million.
Represented the co-issuer of $325 million of high yield bonds in connection with a complex, cross-border financial restructuring of a shipping group through a pre-packaged chapter 11 case and a pre-bankruptcy strict foreclosure agreement.
Represented an ad hoc group of bondholders on the $300+ million recapitalization and take private of an Australian agricultural business.
Represented the foreign representative of Quintis Ltd and its subsidiaries in connection with the recognition and enforcement of an Australian scheme of arrangement restructuring $300+ million of debt under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Represented a multinational corporation on strategic alternatives in relation to its exposure to asbestos liability in the United States.
Represented a DIP Lender to Dean Foods in its Chapter 11 cases.
Represented a credit fund on its purchase of a portion of a $60 million senior, secured loan made in lieu of DIP financing to an oil field services provider on the eve of its Chapter 11 filing.
Represented BNYM as indenture trustee in respect of nearly $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of New York law governed bonds in connection with the international restructuring of the Agrokor Group.
Advised Vista Outdoor Inc. (NYSE: VSTO), a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of products in the outdoor sports and recreation markets, on its successful bid for certain ammunition assets and related intellectual property in the auction process conducted in connection with Remington Outdoor Company, Inc.'s (ROC) Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Abengoa on its cross-border restructuring over US $20 billion of debt through coordinated restructuring proceedings in numerous jurisdictions, including the first ever recognition of a Spanish judicial homologation proceeding under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy code
An ad hoc committee of noteholders in connection with the restructuring of over US $1 billion of debt issues by Codere, a leading Spanish private gaming company, including its Chapter 15 filing
An ad hoc group of exchange bondholders in connection with the negotiation of an inter-creditor resolution of the high profile litigation involving the Republic of Argentina and certain holdout bondholders.
The coordinating committee of senior lenders on the comprehensive £2.3 billion debt restructuring of hibu (formerly known as Yell), a multinational directories and internet services company headquartered in the UK
The coordinating committee of senior vessel lenders in connection with the approximately US $3 billion debt restructuring of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services on U.S. restructuring options
The joint administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”) in reaching a consensual resolution of tens of billions of dollars of claims asserted by and against Lehman Brothers Inc., including the allowance of the largest customer claim ever awarded in the history of U.S. broker dealer insolvencies in favour of LBIE and its customers
Towergate Finance on its successful petition for Chapter 15 recognition of UK schemes of arrangement adjusting the US $1 billion of debt
Recognitions
- Listed as Highly Regarded in IFLR1000 Global for United States Restructuring and Insolvency, 2020-2024
Credentials
Education
Education
- Boston College Law School, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York
Court admissions
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- New York City Bar Committee of Recruiting and Retention of Lawyers, Member
- Federal Bar Council’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Member
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