Timothy W. Walsh
Partner
Chair, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice
Timothy (Tim) advises clients on all aspects of restructuring transactions. He is the global Chair of the Firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency practice.
Key Matters
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
Bankruptcy Representations
- Debtor representation of upstream oil & gas company operating Furie Operating Alaska in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Debtor representation of Agera Energy, a retail supplier of electricity and natural gas, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Debtor representation of an intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring company, ProNerve Holdings, LLC in its Chapter 11 proceedings, including a successful sale of ProNerve’s assets for $35 million pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Debtor representation of a firearms distributor, United Sporting Companies, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Debtor representation of Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded insurance company, in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Debtor representation of Victory Memorial Hospital in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Debtor representation of The Parkway Hospital, Inc in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Debtor representation of Globe Metallurgical, Inc., a manufacturer of metallurgical and chemical-grade silicon metal and silicon-based alloys in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Debtor representation of Western Dialysis Management Center in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Debtor representation of telecommunication exchange carrier, Empire One Telecommunications, Inc., in its Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in cryptocurrency financial services platform Cred Inc.’s Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in specialty metals supplier Energy Alloys Holdings, LLC’s Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in leading lifestyle brands owner and licensee Centric Brands, Inc.’s Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in wholesale distributors of Italian specialty foods and food related products Lisanti Foods, Inc’s Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented bondholder group holding in excess of $180 million in skilled nursing and assisted-living centers Genesis Health Ventures’ Chapter 11 cases.
- Represented ad hoc bondholder group holding $300 million in principal amount in connection with the reorganization of Brazilian oil and gas company OGX Petroleo & Gas Participacoes SA, the largest restructuring in Latin America to date.
- Represented four of the world’s five largest intermodal shipping container lessors in the Chapter 15 case of Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd., and related insolvency proceedings worldwide, including Korea.
- Represented an international apparel manufacturer and retailer with approximately 1,000 store locations in connection with a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
- Represented Japanese real estate portfolio in connection with the wind-up of all operations under state dissolution proceedings and in Chapter 11 proceedings.
- Represented international fuel bunker supplier O.W. Bunker Germany GmbH as a debtor in Chapter 15 proceedings and in connection with litigation in New York and Texas regarding unpaid fuel bunker receivables.
- Represented renewable energy investment fund in connection with the potential acquisition of $1 billion of solar energy assets in the United States under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Represented bidders in connection with the potential acquisition of casino and related assets in Atlantic City, New Jersey, under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Represented major publicly traded global media company as trade creditor in multiple bankruptcy proceedings.
Out-of-Court Restructurings & Other Representations
- Debtor’s counsel in an out-of-court international restructuring of a $2 billion real estate portfolio.
- Represented secured lenders in connection with a senior secured credit facility in the amount of $306 million for the private portion of the financing of a 99-year concession for a toll road in the United States.
- Represented an $80 billion publicly traded company in connection with seeking access to sealed information filed in 13 asbestos bankruptcy cases.
- Represented foreign bank as lender in its $500 million participation in a multi-billion-dollar senior unsecured revolving credit facility with borrowers Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., the country’s largest mortgage provider.
- Represented a lender and noteholder in several distressed credit facilities and collateralized bond offerings involving Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (C-Bass) and several C-Bass affiliates as borrowers and issuers of commercial paper, including credit facilities and indentures in an aggregate amount of approximately $3 billion.
- Represented foreign bank in workout of $110 million portfolio of equity loans to builders throughout Florida, secured by assignments of the underlying notes and mortgages.
- Represented residential condominium high rise owner in restructuring of a $40 million secured credit facility.