An associate in the Restructuring Department, Tyler has represented debtors, creditors and sponsors in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructuring transactions, and restructuring-adjacent litigations.
Company Representation Experience
- Rite Aid Corporation, a full-service pharmacy company providing a broad range of services, including retail pharmacy, Pharmacy Benefit Manager, and mail order, across 17 states, in the company’s chapter 11 cases in the District of New Jersey
- Proterra, a publicly traded developer and producer of commercial electric vehicle technology, including proprietary battery systems, electric transit buses and turnkey charging solutions, in its chapter 11 cases in the District of Delaware
- Party City, a global leader in the celebrations industry, and certain domestic subsidiaries in its prearranged chapter 11 proceedings, as well as the provision of $150 million of debtor-in-possession financing, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas
- Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, a not-for-profit organization, in its chapter 11 case filed in the Southern District of New York to address claims arising under the New York Child Victims Act
- The Collected Group, an international fashion group headquartered in California which is recognized globally as a leading designer, distributor and retailer of the Joie, Equipment and Current/Elliot brands, and its debtor subsidiaries, in their chapter 11 cases in the District of Delaware
- Diamond Offshore Drilling, a leading provider of offshore drilling services, and 14 of its U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, in their chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas, which provided for the equitization of approximately $2.1 billion in senior unsecured note obligations and the provision of over $625 million of new capital
Lender and Purchaser Representations
- An ad hoc group of New Fortress Energy noteholders, a liquefied natural gas company, in connection with two debt and equity transactions totaling $2.7 billion
- A group of senior secured noteholders, including affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in the voluntary pre-packaged restructuring process of Wolfspeed Inc., a global leader in silicon carbide technologies used in semiconductor manufacturing
- An ad hoc group of first lien term loan lenders of QualTek Services, a leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure services, in connection with both a prepetition financing transaction and a comprehensive restructuring effected through the company’s prearranged chapter 11 filing
- An ad hoc committee of holders of unsecured convertible notes issued by SmileDirectClub, which filed for chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas
- A group of convertible noteholders of JUUL, an American electronic cigarette company, in connection with litigation and an eventual settlement pursuant to which the noteholders’ convertible notes were converted to equity and the noteholders were provided with an opportunity to make an additional investment in the company
- Azorra Aviation, a commercial aircraft leasing company, in its acquisition and recapitalization of certain aircraft owning silos of Nordic Aviation Capital pursuant to a prearranged chapter 11 plan process
- An ad hoc group of noteholders of Carlson Travel Inc., a business-to-business travel agency, in connection with the prepackaged chapter 11 cases filed by the company and its affiliates
- Successful defense of Hartree Partners’ entitlement to a break-up fee and expense reimbursement as stalking horse bidder for certain assets of Bouchard Transportation, in a sale under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in the company’s chapter 11 cases
