Ashley Surinak is counsel in Willkie’s Restructuring Department. She is based in the Firm’s Chicago office.
Ashley represents debtors, sponsors, and other sophisticated parties in chapter 11 bankruptcies, complex out-of-court restructurings, and cross-border insolvency matters. She advises nationally and globally recognized companies and brands across a wide range of industries, including logistics, energy, retail, manufacturing, and oil and gas.
Experience
- STG Logistics, Inc. and 64 of its affiliates in their prearranged chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Hoonigan and 26 of its affiliates in their prepackaged cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Careismatic Brands, LLC and 21 of its affiliates in their prearranged chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
- SmileDirectClub, Inc. and eight of its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Venator Materials PLC and its affiliates in their prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. and 73 of its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Nielsen & Bainbridge, LLC (d/b/a NBG Home) and 13 of its affiliates in their prearranged chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- 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.
- Altera Infrastructure L.P. and certain of its affiliates in pre-arranged chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Seadrill Limited and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries in their multijurisdictional restructuring of approximately $6.1 billion of funded debt.
- Seadrill New Finance Limited and 11 of its affiliates, the fourth group of Seadrill Limited entities to undergo a restructuring, in their one-day prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Premiere Global Services, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries in connection with an out-of-court restructuring by which PGI’s first lien lenders consensually foreclosed upon and sold the equity of Premiere Global Services, Inc. to a third-party buyer.
- Gulfport Energy Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries in their prearranged chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- FTSI and its affiliates in their prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Tailored Brands, Inc. and its 17 affiliates in their prearranged chapter 11 cases.
- 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.
- PGX Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in an out-of-court restructuring transaction that extended the maturity of PGX’s funded debt by three years, raised new capital, and maintained the equity stake of its sponsor.
- Sheridan Holding Company I, LLC and certain affiliates in the first one-day chapter 11 case in Texas history in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
* Ashley advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2019 DePaul University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2014