Guaranty Financial Group Inc. - Chapter 11
Representation of Guaranty Financial Group Inc. ("GFG") and three of its affiliates in their complex Chapter 11 cases in the Northern District of Texas. Through its subsidiaries, GFG formerly owned Guaranty Bank, which operated more than 100 bank branches in Texas and California and, at one time, had consolidated assets of more than $16 billion. The Office of Thrift Supervision appointed the FDIC as receiver for Guaranty Bank in August 2009, resulting in the second largest bank failure of 2009 and the tenth largest in American history. This Chapter 11 case required the firm to formulate a plan for the distribution of GFG's assets to GFG's creditors, including GFG's $305 million Trust Preferred Security Holders. The complexity of the case was heightened by the heavy involvement of the FDIC, which asserted multi-billion dollar claims against the Debtors' estates. The firm negotiated a global settlement among GFG, the FDIC, and GFG's Trust Preferred Holders, and in May 2011, a plan of liquidation for GFG and its affiliates was confirmed resolving claims against the debtors in excess of $2.4 billion.
Forrest City Grocery Co. in its Sale to Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.
Represented Forrest City Grocery Co. (FCGC), a food industry wholesale distributor, in its sale to Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (Core-Mark), a marketer of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry, via an all-cash merger pursuant to which FCGC became a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Core-Mark.
U.S. Treasury Department
Representation of the U.S. Treasury Department in connection with the restructurings and bankruptcies of participants in the U.S. auto industry.
Debtor Representation - Mirant Corporation
Represented Mirant Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in Fort Worth. Mirant was an international company whose core business is the production and sale of electricity and electrical capacity. The Mirant Corporation bankruptcy is the largest bankruptcy case ever filed in Texas.
Bombay Company
Represented Bombay Company, a major national and international home furnishings retailer in efforts to raise capital to continue as a going concern and then in its efforts in Chapter 11 to implement an orderly liquidation of the company’s assets. The Canadian assets were sold as a going concern. U.S. and other international assets were liquidated yielding a full recovery to Bombay’s secured and an approximately 25%-30% recovery to Bombay’s unsecured creditors.
Jiffy Lube Franchisee Heartland Automotive
Represented Jiffy Lube International, Inc. in the Chapter 11 proceedings of its largest franchisee, Heartland Automotive Holdings, Inc., in Fort Worth, Texas. The debtor operates over 400 franchised Jiffy Lube service centers across the nation, raising complex issues regarding franchise agreements, non-residential real property leases, and franchisee relations.
American LaFrance Corporation
Represented American LaFrance in its Chapter 11 case in Delaware. The case involved the re-negotiation of substantial vendor and lessor relationships and resulted in American LaFrance's successful reorganization.