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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

David Weitman

Representation of post-petition financing entities of debtors in national bankruptcy proceedings.

Representation of financial institutions in national retail bankruptcies, including Clothestime Stores, Inc., Homeland Stores, Inc., Fine Furniture, Inc., Retail Concepts, Inc., Babbages, Inc. (NeoStar, Inc.), Old America, Inc., and CompuAdd, Inc.

Representation of numerous purchasers of assets out of bankruptcy proceedings.

Representation of major creditor in health care bankruptcy proceeding under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, working in tandem with health care lawyers in our firm.
Representation of purchaser of assets of a major supplier of sleep apnea testing and sleep kits in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, working in tandem with health care lawyers in our firm.
Representation of purchaser of assets of a distressed entity engaged in providing remote cardiac monitoring services, working in tandem with health care lawyers in our firm.
Representation of purchaser of assets of a distressed entity engaged in the manufacture of products used in the respiratory therapy business, working in tandem with health care lawyers in our firm; such entity subsequently filed under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Representation of creditors in connection with enforcing their rights and remedies against discrete items of collateral in bankruptcy proceedings in numerous business contexts in litigation involving the automatic stay, adequate protection (use of cash collateral), appointments of Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, disclosure statement and confirmation hearings, extensive valuation and feasibility contests, and fraudulent conveyance and preference defense litigation.

Representation of a secured creditor with a first lien on a 100-acre grain elevator and terminal facility located on the Houston ship channel, in the debtor’s Chapter 11 proceeding, which involved multiple competing plans of reorganization.
Representation of commercial lessors in national retail bankruptcies and the bankruptcies of manufacturing and distribution companies in Texas, Washington, and other states.
Represented a private equity firm as aircraft lessor in the national bankruptcy proceedings of ATA Holdings.

Representation of hedge funds in acquisition of distressed debt and thereafter collection on same in bankruptcy proceedings or out-of-court workouts throughout the United States.

Representation of Chapter 11 Trustee and later Plan Trustee in all facets, including sales of assets, disclosure statement, plan confirmation, claims allowance, prosecution of causes of action (against officers and directors).
Representation of a mortgage company and a purchaser of US$250 million of first lien loans on congregate care facilities from the RTC. In that regard we represented their interests in state court and bankruptcy proceedings to affect a foreclosure of their liens.
Served as lead counsel in connection with a US$140 million workout of a syndicated loan provided to a conglomerate of health care companies, secured primarily by the accounts receivable, cash deposits, inventory, equipment, books and records, and equity interests of approximately 50 affiliated loan parties of the borrower. 
Represented a global asset-based lender in connection with its second largest loans and charter agreements with a leading provider of maritime transportation services, which emerged from bankruptcy after two years, resulting in the complete assumption of all of the client’s debt and executory contracts.

Representation of lenders to nursing homes and health care facilities in connection with the restructuring of their loans.

Represented a multinational financial services company as senior secured creditor in connection with numerous forbearance agreements with an oilfield service company.
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