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Overview
Will Reily is an associate in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Chicago office. Will’s practice focuses on private credit, financial restructuring, and other insolvency-related matters. He has represented secured and unsecured lenders, bondholders, debtors, and other stakeholders across different industries, including in energy, renewables, aviation, restaurants, and healthcare.
Will frequently advises clients in Chapter 11 bankruptcy on debtor-in-possession financings and asset sales, and in out-of-court restructurings including debt for equity transactions, distressed acquisitions and liability management transactions.
Accolades
- Member, International Insolvency Institute’s NextGen Class XIV
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2016
- St. Olaf College, B.A., 2012
Representations
- DIP Lender and Stalking Horse Purchaser in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Near Intelligence, Inc. and its affiliates before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Certain senior lenders in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Heritage Power in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- DIP Lender and Stalking Horse Purchaser in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Troika Media Group, Inc. and its affiliates before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Ad Hoc Group of Secured Term Lenders and Noteholders of Talen Energy in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Talen Energy.
- Secured commodity hedge providers and portfolio companies operating in ERCOT in the restructuring of numerous windfarms in south Texas following Winter Storm Uri.
- Foreign bank in connection with its exposure to Brazos Cooperative in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.