Eugene Park is a partner in Willkie’s Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group and Chair of the firm’s Liability Management and Strategic Credit Practice. He is based in the Firm’s New York office.
Eugene has over a decade of experience advising borrowers, equity sponsors, and credit investors across a broad range of liability management and financing transactions, including drop-down transactions, uptier and double-dip recapitalizations, rescue financings, debtor-in-possession financings, and equipment financings.
Eugene’s clients include private equity sponsors, credit investors, and companies across a range of industries. He represents both debtors and creditors in complex, multi-party restructuring situations.
Eugene has over a decade of experience advising borrowers, equity sponsors, and credit investors across a broad range of liability management and financing transactions, including drop-down transactions, uptier and double-dip recapitalizations, rescue financings, debtor-in-possession financings, and equipment financings.
Eugene’s clients include private equity sponsors, credit investors, and companies across a range of industries. He represents both debtors and creditors in complex, multi-party restructuring situations.
Experience
- Recognized among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2026
Select Company matters include:
- Represented Anywhere Real Estate Inc. in an $800 million uptier bond exchange.
- Represented Aventiv Technologies in multiple new money and uptier refinancing transactions involving more than $1.6 billion of first and second lien term loans.
- Represented Bed Bath & Beyond in a highly anticipated $500 million "first-in-last-out" IP-backed rescue financing.
- Represented Center for Autism Related Disorders in a strategic rescue financing.
- Represented Cision in liability management transactions resulting in a $250 million super senior new money financing and a $2.4 billion uptier recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
- Represented Curo Group Holdings Corp. in connection with liability management transactions comprised of $150 million of new money and a $680 million uptier bond exchange.
- Represented David's Bridal in a strategic rescue financing.
- Represented Envision Healthcare and AmSurg Corp. in a series of landmark liability management transactions, including a $1.1 billion drop-down new money financing and de-leveraging of $1.9 billion of liabilities.
- Represented Oregon Tool in liability management transactions deploying a novel extend-and-exchange resulting in a $150 million new money financing and a $1.3 billion double dip recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
- Represented Petmate in a new money drop-down financing and liability management transactions resulting in the restructuring of over $800 million in liabilities.
- Represented United Site Services in a strategic SPV bridge financing and liability management transactions resulting in a $300 million new money financing and a $2.6 billion double dip recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
- Represented US Renal Care Inc. in a $328 million new money drop-down financing.
- Represented WeWork Companies in connection with an amendment and extension of its $1.45 billion letter of credit facility.
Select Lender matters include:
- Represented Elliott Investment Management as the anchor lender to Magenta Buyer in drop-down liability management transactions that raised $400 million of new money and refinanced over $4 billion of first and second lien liabilities.
- Represented Diameter Capital Partners in a $460 million drop-down financing to Liberty Puerto Rico
- Represented a global alternative investment manager subsidiary in a $250 million incremental financing to FORTNA Group.
- Represented ad hoc lender and bondholder groups in liability management and restructuring situations including Advancion, American Tire, Anastasia Beverly Hills, DISH DBS Corporation, Emerald Technologies, First Brands Group, Foundever, Maverick Gaming, Medical Solutions, Scion Health, SI Group, Tosca Services, Vivid Seats, and Xerox Corporation.
*Eugene advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of Chicago, J.D., 2016 Syracuse University, B.A., 2012