Air France-KLM Group/Air France: Advised on securing funding of €7 billion to help overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

Latécoère: Represented Apollo Funds and Monarch Alternative Capital in the $107 million sale of shares in French-listed Latécoère, the world’s leading independent manufacturer of aircraft doors, to Searchlight Capital Partners.

The Alert Centre, Inc.: Provided lead counsel services for the chapter 11 case of security systems provider The Alert Centre and ten related entities.

Delta Airlines: Represented Georgia-based carrier Delta Airlines in chapter 11 proceedings.

Implant Sciences/L-3 Communications: Represent Implant Sciences in the $117.5 million sale of its explosives trace detection assets to L-3 Communications, a Section 363 bankruptcy sale, and in connection with its chapter 11 cases.

Integrated Alarm Services Group: Represented the note holder group in the chapter 11 case of Albany-based Integrated Alarm Services Group, a wholesale and retail supplier of residential and commercial alarm and monitoring systems.

Latécoère: Advised Apollo and Monarch, who led a lender working group in the completion of Latécoère’s restructuring, which comprised a partial debt-for-equity swap and new money injection.

Sahlen & Associates: Advised on the chapter 11 case of Sahlen, a private investigation company. 

Space Systems/Loral, Inc/DBSD North America, Inc., ProtoStar Ltd. Matters: Represented Space Systems/Loral, as one of the largest creditors, in the DBSD North America, Inc. and ProtoStar Ltd. chapter 11 cases.

The Alert Centre, Inc.: Provided lead counsel services for the chapter 11 case of security systems provider The Alert Centre and 10 related entities.

Bank Syndicate/Deutsche Lufthansa AG: Represented the syndicate banks, led by Dresdner Kleinwort and Morgan Stanley, on the capital increase by way of rights issue for Lufthansa.

Mecachrome SAS: Advised French precision engineering company Mecachrome on a cross-border acquisition and recapitalization financing.

Lazard Frères/Italian Airline: Represented Lazard Frères in equity investment and capital funding for an Italian Airline.

Loral Space & Communications/Sirius Satellite: Secured a $100 million vendor financing facility, as part of a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio for Space Systems/Loral to design and build a $260 million communications satellite to improve reception for Sirius subscribers.

Merrill Lynch/Singapore Airlines: Represented Merrill Lynch in derivative swap for debt restructuring for Singapore Airline.

Sobel Airline: Represented pan-European airline Sobel Airline in debt restructuring.

Breed Technologies, Inc.: Participated in an investigation into potential accounting issues involving Breed, a worldwide designer and producer of automotive products and accessories, including crash sensors, airbags, safety systems and seat belts.

Space Systems/Loral v. Mabuhay: Recovered an award for the satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) in an UNCITRAL arbitration in Paris against SS/L's Philippine joint venture partner, the Mabuhay Philippine Satellite Corporation (MPSC), that had failed to pay in full for its interest in the joint venture Mabuhay 1, a telecommunications satellite that provides the most powerful coverage in the Asia-Pacific region.

Space Systems/Loral v. Yuzhnoye Machine Building Plant: Recovered an award for satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral in an AAA arbitration against the Ukrainian maker of a faulty rocket.

CNP/CLS: Represented Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP) on the contemplated acquisition of Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), an international technology company specializing in providing high value-added solutions based on satellite data.

dormakaba Group/Stanley Black & Decker: Represented dormakaba Group, as U.S. counsel, in its $725 million acquisition of Stanley Black & Decker’s Mechanical Security businesses. 

Encompass/Surf Air: Represented Encompass Aviation in its sublease of all 12 of Surf Air’s PC-12NG aircraft and assumption of the company’s aircraft operations and management in California.

Extant Components/TransDigm Group: Represented Extant Components Group Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm Warburg Pincus, on the sale of Extant to TransDigm Group for $525 million.

GEM/Surf Global Air: Represented Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM), a European alternative investment sponsor in connection with its $200 million share subscription facility with Surf Global Air Ltd., a California-based private aviation business.

Implant Sciences/L-3 Communications: Represented Implant Sciences in the $117.5 million sale of its explosives trace detection assets to L-3 Communications, a Section 363 bankruptcy sale, and in connection with its chapter 11 cases.

PAI Partners/ADB/Safegate: Represented PAI Partners and ADB Airfield Solutions in the acquisition of Safegate.

PAI Partners/ADB Safegate: Advised PAI Partners in the sale of ADB Safegate, a global airport performance solutions provider, to The Carlyle Group.

PAI Partners/WFCI: Advised PAI Partners in its acquisition alongside Baring Private Equity Asia of World Freight Company International from Greenbriar Equity Group.

Pattonair: Represented Pattonair, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, in the financing associated with its agreement to be combined with Wesco Aircraft.

The Sterling Group/Destin Jet: Represented The Sterling Group in its acquisition of Destin Jet, a fixed-based operator (FBO, an airport-located business that provides support services to private aircraft), as the first FBO in its newly formed FBO network, Triumph FBO. 

Air France KLM: Represented Air France KLM in a wide range of antitrust matters in Europe.

Dyncorp International: Represented the global government services provider of support solutions for defense, diplomacy, and international development in corporate matters.

Esterline: Represented the lead arrangers and agents in “one-stop shopping” bank/bond acquisition and recapitalization financing for Esterline, the Bellevue, Washington-based aerospace and defense contractor.

Hayman Advisors, L.P./ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.: Represented Hayman Advisors in a proxy contest and negotiated settlement resulting in two of its nominees being added to the ExpressJet board.

Naval Group: Represented Naval Group before both the FCA and the Conseil d’Etat in connection with the clearing of the creation of a joint venture between Naval Group and Piriou.  

Olympic Air: Advised on various ERISA/tax matters.