Ira S Dizengoff

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Ira Dizengoff represents bondholders, noteholders, institutional investors, hedge funds and other interested parties, with an emphasis on creditors’ committees and bondholder committees, in large, complex cases, out of court and in chapter 11. In addition, Ira represents numerous companies in restructurings and recapitalizations in and out of court. His restructuring matters encompass a variety of industries and involve multijurisdictional and cross-border matters.

Recent engagements include advising the ad hoc bond group in Frontier Communications, the Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors of Sears Holding Corporation and iHeartMedia; Debtors Constellis, FirstEnergy Solutions and Sanchez Energy Corporation; and informal noteholders groups in Seadrill, Avaya, Breitburn Energy, Aegean Marine Petroleum, EV Energy Partners and Energy Future Intermediate Holdings Corp. Other seminal matters include Foresight Energy LP (ad hoc group of first lien lenders), Hexion Inc (ad hoc group of first lien noteholders), Edison Mission Energy (UCC), Allied Nevada (Debtor), Worldcom (UCC), Quiznos (Debtor), American Media (company), Walter Energy (ad hoc group of senior secured lenders and noteholders), Dynegy (UCC), U.S. Shipping Corp (company) and Foamex (Debtor).