ArentFox Schiff focuses on litigation coming from bankruptcy proceedings as well as advising a wide range of clients including creditors’ committees, indenture trustees and bondholders. New York-based Andrew Silfen chairs the restructuring practice and has been involved in pharmaceutical restructurings, while Aram Ordubegian, based in Los Angeles, leads the firm’s West Coast group and represents California-based middle market businesses. Christopher Wong, also in Los Angeles, is a name to watch owing to his expertise in business and financial restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 proceedings.
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‘ArentFox Schiff LLP has been a key partner in addressing corporate, restructuring and insurance coverage issues across the United States and Canada. The sheer breadth of the firm's expertise and the ability to address particular and complex issues are without compare.’
- 'Mark Fisher's restructuring expertise has been and continues to be very valuable to us.'
Key clients
- BOKF, N.A. (Intelsat SA)
- BOKF, N.A. (Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in In re PGX Holdings, Inc., et al.
- Computershare Trust Company, N.A Endo
- BOKF, N.A. (Mallinckrodt PLC)
- Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (Digicel)
- Scott Vogel as independent director of Voyager Digital Holdings, Inc.
- Desigual USA; and ABASIC S.L.
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. “SpaceX”
- Greensill U.S. Liquidation Trust (previous client: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Greensill Capital, Inc.)
Work highlights
- Represented BOKF in its capacity as indenture trustee for the 4.50% convertible senior notes with an outstanding principal amount of $402.5 million.
- Appointed as counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the bankruptcy cases of PGX Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates, a technology and services company in the credit report repair space.
- Represented Computershare Trust Company, N.A. in its capacity as indenture trustee for the prepetition first lien notes in the bankruptcy cases of Endo International plc and its affiliates, a pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing company.
Lawyers
Practice head
Andrew Silfen
Other key lawyers
Aram Ordubegian; Christopher Wong; Mark Fisher; George Angelich; Beth Brownstein; Jeffrey Gleit