Led by John R Ashmead in New York, Seward & Kissel LLP handles in-and-out-of-court restructurings, with involvement in high-value litigation, incuding Chapter 11 proceedings, on behalf of indenture trustees, debtors, and unsecured creditors’ committees. Notably, the firm is representing the trustee for the Endo International plc GUC Trust pursuing billion-dollar litigation claims against McKinsey & Company.
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Key clients
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Bankruptcy / RPWI Liquidating Trust
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the iM3NY LLC Bankruptcy
- Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB
- CSC Delaware Trust Company
- Drivetrain Agency Services, LLC
- GLAS USA, LLC and GLAS Trust Company, LLC
- Wilmington Trust, National Association
- Alter Domus (US) LLC
- George L. Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee
- CoVenture – Vantage Credit Opportunities GP, LLC
- Hadley Chilton, Foreign Representative of JKL Digital Capital Limited
- Hilco Corporate Finance, LLC
- Coinbits, Inc.
Work highlights
Representing the Trustee for the Endo International plc GUC Trust pursuing billion-dollar litigation claims against McKinsey & Company.
Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.
Representing Wilmington agent Trust,|National Association as secured notes trustee and collateral trustee on approximately $700 million in notes and as DIP Agent on a several hundred million dollar debtor-in-possession financing provided to Spirit Airlines in its second Chapter 11 case.
Practice head
John R. Ashmead