Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP covers the full spectrum of restructuring mandates, with notable experience advising independent boards of directors and special committees. This year, the practice has extended its offering with the expansion of Wilkie’s Creditors’ Rights Practice. The team is led by a capable quartet of Brett Miller, who represents restructurings across real estate, transport, retail, manufacturing, food services, oil and gas, and media, and Matthew Feldman, who handles US and cross-border Chapter 11 cases and non-judicial restructurings. Fellow Chicago-based co-head Ryan Blaine Bennett assists in the protection and advancement of the financial interests of corporate debtors and creditors, and co-head Debra Sinclair represents restructuring parties in real estate, aviation, manufacturing, retail, energy, and pharmaceuticals. They are joined by Todd Goren, who advises creditor committees in the energy and aviation sectors, and Houston-based Jennifer Hardy, who specializes in energy-sector companies in financial distress. Other key names include Dennis Jenkins and Brian Lennon. Paul Labov joined the team in July 2025.
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Testimonials
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- Jennifer Hardy is hardworking, efficient, and a great collaborator. She quickly gets to the heart of the issues and achieves favorable results.
- The firm is highly skilled in private equity and complex financing structures.
Key clients
- Unconditional Love d/b/a Hello Bello
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of WOM S.A.
- Holders of Subrogation Claims of Hawaiian Electric
- Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as the sole lender
- Mesquite Energy
- Unsecured Creditors Committee In re: Sunnova Energy International, Inc., No. 25-90160 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2025)
- Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Bankruptcy of Vertex Energy
- Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Bankruptcy of Digital Media Solutions
- Unsecured creditors committee in the Bankruptcy of Brazilian airline Azul
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of New Rite Aid LLC
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Spirit Airlines, Inc.
- The Baupost Group L.L.C. and certain of its affiliates
- Tenex Capital Management
Work highlights
Advised and successfully mediated a proposed $6.5 billion settlement that would resolve thousands of opioid cases against Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, while compensating victims and funding opioid addiction treatment programs nationwide.
Represents Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as the sole initial lender under Marelli North America, Inc.’s $865 million first-out new money super-senior secured DIP facility.
Representing Mesquite Energy and its subsidiaries in connection with litigation brought by Carnero G&P, LLC, for breach of a processing contract stemming from the complex restructuring of their midstream oil and gas gathering, processing, transportation, and marketing framework and contracts.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Matthew Feldman; Ryan Blaine Bennett; Brett Miller; Debra Sinclair
Other key lawyers
Todd Goren; Jennifer Hardy; Dennis Jenkins; Brian Lennon; Paul Labov; Mark Stancil