Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
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Amy Caton, named an American Lawyer Dealmaker of the Year for 2016 and 2017 for her work in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico debt restructuring, has represented clients in many of the nation’s largest, most complex and highest-profile bankruptcies for the past 20 years. Amy’s recent high-profile restructurings include representing major lenders and investors in the restructuring of California's largest electrical utility company, PG&E, holders of over $3 billion of revenue bonds in Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's (PREPA) restructuring proceedings; OppenheimerFunds/Invesco in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s restructurings; the majority holders of secured and unsecured debt in First Energy’s restructuring (now successfully completed); subordinated bondholders in California Agriculture’s restructurings; and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Frontier Communications.
Thomas Moers Mayer, co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring department, has played a prominent role in many of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in history. Tom’s work involves both in- and out-of-court restructurings of distressed businesses on behalf of creditor committees, major secured and unsecured creditors, and bondholders. He has represented the official committees of unsecured creditors in some of the most well-known Chapter 11 cases, including those of General Motors, Chrysler, Capmark, Smurfit-Stone, Dana Corp., Seadrill Ltd., Arch Coal and Patriot Coal.