A&O Shearman’s restructuring team operates from New York and Dallas, with a cross-border platform that differentiates the firm in multi-jurisdictional proceedings. New York-based Frederic Sosnick advises clients across domestic and international out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 cases, representing debtors, creditors’ committees, lender groups and DIP lenders. Luckey McDowell in Dallas handles capital restructurings for leveraged companies and out-of-court workouts with depth in the energy sector. Sara Coelho in New York advises across Chapter 11 cases, liability management transactions and DIP financings, while New York-based Mark Shapiro advises on ad hoc creditor formations and cross-border balance sheet solutions. Ned Schodek joined in May 2025 from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and handles prepackaged and traditional Chapter 11 cases.
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Key clients
- Hawaiian Electric
- Volcan Compañía Minera
- Nevada Copper
- Vista Credit
- Bank of America
- Citibank
- Playfly Sports (in Diamond Sports bankruptcy)
- Jefferies
- Lucky Bucks Directors and Officers
- Golden Triangle Polymers Company
Work highlights
Represented Peruvian mining company Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. and its subsidiaries in connection with a comprehensive refinancing plan to improve the company’s liquidity position and capital structure. The transactions involved approximately USD765m in debt and included an exchange offer and consent solicitation of its USD365m 4.375% Senior Notes due 2026 for the newly issued 8.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, and the refinancing of Volcan’s USD400m senior term loan facility due in 2026 into a secured loan with an extended final maturity date in 2029.
Representing Nevada Copper in Chapter 11 cases involving approximately USD500m of debt and USD60m DIP in the District of Nevada. On October 8, 2024, the company consummated an asset sale to Southwest Critical Materials LLC, an affiliate of Kinterra Capital Corp., which included cash consideration of approximately USD128m. The estates now are pursuing an exit from chapter 11.
Advised Vista Credit Partners and other secured lenders in connection with the cross-border debt restructuring of Afiniti Limited, a Bermuda exempted corporation that served as the holding company of a group of thirty-two companies in the business of applied predictive artificial intelligence, a technology utilized worldwide in healthcare, telecommunications, travel, hospitality, insurance and banking services.
Practice head
Fred Sosnick; Luckey McDowell