Paul R. GenenderPaul R.Genender

Lead litigation counsel for the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the WeWork bankruptcy.

Lead litigation counsel to Talen Energy Supply, a power generation and infrastructure company in North America, in its Chapter 11 cases with approximately $5 billion in funded debt obligations.

Lead litigation counsel to Speedcast International and its affiliates, a provider of remote communications and IT services, in their Chapter 11 cases, including a contested confirmation trial (December 2020-January 2021) and other successfully litigated contested matters post-confirmation (including one affirmed by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals).

Lead litigation counsel to Basic Energy Services, one of the nation’s largest oilfield service companies with more than 2,400 employees, in connection with its Chapter 11 cases and sale of substantially all of its assets.

Lead litigation counsel to J. Crew Group and its debtor-affiliates, one of the nation’s premier clothing retailers with approximately $2 billion in funded debt and 13,000 employees, in their Chapter 11 cases (August 2020).

Lead litigation counsel to CEC Entertainment and its affiliated debtors, an American franchisee company with iconic brands Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza with locations across 47 states and 16 foreign countries and territories, in their Chapter 11 cases, including in connection with successful rent abatement litigation (June-December 2020).

Lead litigation counsel to UTEX Industries, the market-leading sealing component design and manufacturing firm, and its debtor-affiliates in their pre-packaged restructuring addressing more than $700 million of funded debt, including successful trial against post-emergence claim by former employee (June 2021).

Lead litigation counsel to Fieldwood Energy, a Gulf of Mexico offshore energy exploration and production company, in connection with its second Chapter 11 cases with approximately $1.8 billion in debt, including successful trial against BP Exploration to compel repair of an underwater loop system (February 2021) and contested confirmation trial (June 2021).

Lead litigation counsel to Exide Holdings and its debtors-affiliates, a global lead-acid batteries manufacturing company, in their Chapter 11 cases, including a first of its kind global settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and more than 10 state regulators to resolve hundreds of millions of dollars of Exide’s historical environmental liabilities at more than 20 dormant locations using five mediators and successful confirmation trial against the state of California (October 2021) (upheld on appeal).

Led the litigation team for EP Energy and its affiliated debtors, a public oil and natural gas exploration and production company, in their Chapter 11 cases involving approximately $4.9 billion in funded debt obligations, including in successful trials over contested backstop/plan support agreements (November 2019) and contested plan confirmation (February/March 2020).

Led the litigation and trial teams representing Sears Holdings, a prominent global retailer, in various contested trial matters surrounding its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including obtaining approval of a $5.2 billion sale of all or substantially all of Debtors’ assets (February 2019), defeating Section 507(b) surcharge claims of between $500 million and more than $1 billion asserted by lienholders (July 2019) (upheld on appeal by both the SDNY and the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals), and successful confirmation of the Debtors’ contested Chapter 11 plan (October 2019) (SDNY).

Led the litigation team representing Claire’s Stores, one of the world’s leading specialty retailers of fashionable jewelry, accessories and beauty products, in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in Delaware (March-October 2018).

Led the litigation and trial team representing CHC Group, a helicopter services company that provides transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms, in various contested litigation matters surrounding its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including approval of contested plan support/backstop agreements (November 2016), confirmation and emergence (2017) (Dallas).

Led additional litigation and trial teams representing other debtors and creditors in contested matters for Kingfisher Midstream, DAK Americas, Central Grocers, Paragon Offshore, Azure Midstream Partners, Chisolm Oil & Gas Operating and CTI Foods.

Representing the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) in major antitrust litigation against the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) in federal court in Dallas involving allegations that the APTA unfairly restricted athletic trainers from practicing manual therapy and gaining access to continuing education courses on manual therapy. The case was settled, and the parties entered a Joint Statement on Cooperation.

On behalf of a joint venture consisting of The Retail Connection and Colonial Properties Trust, obtained a favorable settlement of litigation brought in Dallas County which encumbered our clients’ commercial real estate valued at over $70 million, thereby enabling our clients to secure a sales contract and, ultimately, to close on the sale of the property.

Representing News Corp Star US and Star India, obtained a dismissal with prejudice for failure to state a claim in 2013 in a major dispute in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas regarding an advertising agreement.