Jeffrey Michalik

• Recognized as “International Matter of the Year” by the American Bankruptcy Institute’s International Committee for Restructuring of McDermott International (2024)

• Co-Author, Time Bandits: The Seventh Circuit Gets It Wrong by Allowing Debt Purchasers to Escape FDCPA Liability for Filing Time-Barred Proofs of Claim in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies, 93 Chi. Kent L. Rev. 257, 2018

Energy and Infrastructure

• Representation of McDermott International, Inc. and 225 of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including 107 foreign domiciled entities, in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of three subsidiaries of McDermott International, Ltd in their multinational cross-border restructuring
• Representation of SunPower Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Representation of Seadrill Limited and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in several multijurisdictional restructurings involving over $20 billion of financial obligations
• Representation of Valaris plc and 89 of its subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases
• Representation of Nautical Solutions, L.L.C. and its affiliate in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Retail and Food

• Representation of JOANN Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Representation of Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Virginia
• Representation of the extraordinary administrator and foreign representative of Agrokor d.d. and its subsidiaries in its Croatian restructuring proceedings and certain recognition proceedings around the world, including Chapter 15 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
• Representation of Gabriel Brothers, Inc. and its affiliates in a comprehensive recapitalization transaction
• Representation of Forever 21 Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

Manufacturing

• Representation of Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Inc. and 24 of its affiliates in its voluntary prepackaged Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of Tupperware Brands Corporation and its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Representation of Venator Materials PLC and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of Dunn Paper Holdings, LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries in connection with an out-of-court restructuring by which an ad hoc group of first lien lenders, comprising all of the company’s approximately $380 million of funded debt, consensually foreclosed upon substantially all of Dunn’s assets and assumed majority ownership of the Company

Healthcare

• Representation of Pipeline Health System, LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of Benefytt Technologies, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Oil and Gas

• Representation of Jones Energy Inc. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of Vanguard Natural Resources Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas
• Representation of Gastar Exploration Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Northwest Property Ventures LLC, in their prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

_{*Jeffrey advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}