North America - United States • Finance
Clifford Chance
The financial restructuring group at Clifford Chance benefits from expertise in other jurisdictions to handle the restructuring needs of multi-national businesses. Jennifer DeMarco represents financial institutions, agents and borrowers in the US and Latin America, while Douglas Deutsch represents institutional investors and indenture trustees in out-of-court and in-court restructurings. Michelle M. McGreal and Sarah N. Campbell represent a wide range of parties in Chapter 11 proceedings and financial restructuring transactions. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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Key clients
- AerCap
Work highlights
- Advising a leading investment management company as a majority equity holder and bondholder in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Voyager Aviation and certain of its affiliates currently pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Advising the Administrative Agent to a 14-member lender group in the restructuring of approximately US$700 million of debt related to a combined concentrated solar power and photovoltaic solar project located in Chile, which has faced operational issues since first coming online in 2021.
- Advised AerCap and a number of other lessors and aircraft finance parties in connection with the successful comprehensive debt restructuring of Azul Airlines. As part of the restructuring of Azul Airlines's obligations, Azul issued $370 million in new notes. The restructuring was completed in October.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jennifer DeMarco