The Dallas-based group at Baker Botts L.L.P. is jointly led by Samantha Hale Crispin and Jim Prince, who focuses on restructuring distressed businesses inside and outside of state and federal insolvency proceedings. The team is a go-to for distressed clients in energy and natural resources, their creditors and other stakeholders, with experience handling Chapter 11 cases, restructurings, distressed asset dispositions and acquisitions, and more. Scott Bowling‘s broad practice spans liability management transactions, distressed financings and acquisitions and corporate restructurings, and Complex Chapter 11 proceedings are Travis McRoberts’ domain. Kevin Chiu represents debtors in a range of restructuring and bankruptcy situations, and litigator Shelby Saxon is another key figure in the group.
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'We use Baker Botts across a broad range of matters, including restructuring. Baker's Restructuring and Bankruptcy team are superb. I'd highly recommend them to anyone in the market. Client-friendly, practical, sophisticated and great to work with. We've been extremely pleased with the results each time we work with this team.’
‘Jim Prince and his team are second to none in my experience. We love working with them.'
Key clients
- Avenue Capital Group
- Calpine Corporation
- Cleco Power LLC
- ConocoPhillips
- Ethypharm S.A.S.
- Hunt Oil Company
- Idaho Power Company
- Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc.
- Priority Power Management, LLC
- Rimrock Energy Partners LLC and REP Processing LLC
- Special Committee of Directors of MariaDB plc
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Enviva Inc.
- Sunnova Energy Corporation
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- TPC Group Inc.
Work highlights
Retained by Enviva Inc.’s Special Committee to lead an investigation into the company’s financial collapse and subsequent bankruptcy in March 2024.
Represents Priority Power in the Celsius Network bankruptcy, defending against claims tied to a Bitcoin mining site, Barber Lake.
Represents Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc. in the Chapter 11 cases of Ascend Performance Materials, advising on commercial and logistical issues involving hazardous chemical storage and transport.
Practice head
Samantha Hale Crispin; Jim Prince
Other key lawyers
Scott Bowling; Travis McRoberts; Kevin Chiu; Shelby Saxon; Micheline Deeik