Sidney P Levinson

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Sidney Levinson is a partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Restructuring Group and a member of the Liability Management & Special Situations team.

Mr. Levinson has extensive experience advising a range of clients, including bondholders, secured lenders, debtors, trustees, acquirors, and creditors’ committees in large and complex restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings. His representations include major league sports teams, the retail, manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, insurance and gaming industries, airlines and real estate developers, among others. Among his engagements are noteholders of Femur Buyer, Avaya, Guitar Center, Bon-Ton Department Stores, Hot Topic, Hexion and Caesars Entertainment Operating Company; sponsors of Robertshaw and numerous other portfolio companies; term lenders of Gabe’s, Alpha Media, Tysers, NYDJ Apparel, Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Red Lobster; DIP lenders of Alpha Media and Barney’s; and the agent for lenders of subsidiaries of HNA Group. He also has represented numerous companies both in liability management exercises and out-of-court restructurings, as well as in Chapter 11 cases, such as the Los Angeles Dodgers and, on behalf of the Chapter 11 trustee, Hawaiian Airlines.

In addition, Mr. Levinson has served as lead trial counsel in a number of high-profile cases, including representing Hawaiian Airlines in obtaining an $80 million judgment (plus attorney fees of $3.9 million) against Mesa Air Group arising from Mesa's breach of a confidentiality agreement and representing a group of noteholders of Premier Entertainment Biloxi in winning a $9.5 million judgment (plus an award of $1.5 million in interest) against a solvent debtor for violation of a no-call provision.