BakerHostetler maintains a nationwide restructuring and bankruptcy practice advising on Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, distressed M&A, and corporate matters with regulatory, white-collar, and employment overlap, particularly in healthcare. Orlando-based co-head Elizabeth Green represents debtors, creditors, committees, and trustees in complex bankruptcies and 363 sales. New York-based co-head Jorian Rose handles sophisticated insolvencies, asset recovery, and cross-border fraud matters. Key contributors include Orlando’s Andrew Layden and Jimmy Parrish, who focus on debtor representations; Cleveland’s Michael Delaney and Joseph Esmont, who advise on liquidations and creditor rights; and New York’s Elyssa Kates, who specializes in fiduciary duty litigation.
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Key clients
- The Villages Health System, LLC
- Entrust Energy, Inc.
- Steve Pully, Independent Director
- Care Pavillion Skilled Nursing Facilities
- ONH Liquidating Trust
- Cuarzo Healthcare Capital
- Uphold HQ Inc., Uphold Inc., and Uphold Ltd.
- Atlanta National League Baseball Club, LLC
- Sunvera Group, LLC
- Certain directors and officers of debtor Pareteum Corporation
- Michael Wagner, as receiver of BIA Separations GmbH
- Peak 10 Hermleigh LP
Work highlights
Representing The Villages Health LLC as lead Debtor counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, with an estimated USD 500 million to USD 1 billion in claims against it.
Representing Entrust Energy, Inc. and its affiliated entities with their USD 324 million Chapter 11 liquidation in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Representing Steve Pully as an independent director in connection with a loan in excess of USD 1.3 billion for two large “money center” banks.
Practice head
Elizabeth Green; Jorian Rose
Other key lawyers
Andrew Layden; Jimmy Parrish; Michael Delaney; Joseph Esmont; Elyssa Kates