- Representing a merchant processing services provider in multiple bankruptcy cases pending across the United States.
- Represented the Fortress Investment Group in acquiring a 300-plus location restaurant chain out of bankruptcy for $50 million.
- Representing Qatar Airways and its subsidiary, Qatar Airways Investments (UK) Ltd., in negotiating and documenting a $1.150 billion DIP loan to LATAM Airlines Group S.A., Latin America’s leading airline group currently operating in Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Handling all litigation related to objections to the facility filed by various stakeholders, including the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Ad Hoc Bondholder Committee.
- Represented certain holders of unsecured notes in the prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a South American automotive conglomerate in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Representing a grocery and food service supply chain leader in multiple restaurant franchisee bankruptcy cases currently pending in bankruptcy courts across the United States.
- Representing liquidators based in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands as U.S. counsel in a major fraud liquidation involving more than a dozen jurisdictions.
- Defending a precious metals producer against a multimillion-dollar avoidance action pending before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Representing an insurance premium financing lender in multiple actions to recover assets and assert deficiency claims.
- Defending a regional hospital system against an avoidance action pending before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
- Represented a real estate fund in acquiring historic midtown Atlanta property out of bankruptcy.
- Defending a Japanese manufacturer in an avoidance action before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, achieving dismissal of claims with no asserted liability to client.
- Represented the court-appointed Chapter 11 trustee of seven critical access rural hospitals in jointly administered cases before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, culminating in a Section 363 sale of each of the hospitals.
- Represented a debtor drilling and blasting company in a Chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
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- Phone: 404.881.4941
- Email: chris.coleman@alston.com
Chris creates value for his clients by combining transactional and litigation experience to craft efficient solutions that protect and enhance their interests.