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New York
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Susan A. Fennessey
Counsel

Education
Syracuse University, J.D., 1998
University of Maryland, B.A., 1990

Practice
Ms. Fennessey, counsel in the Bankruptcy & Reorganization Group, regularly represents debtors, financial institutions and other creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings and lenders and borrowers in various financings. Ms. Fennessey joined the firm in 1998.


Experience
  • Daimler AG in the Chrysler Chapter 11 cases
  • National Amusements, Inc. in its agreement to restructure approximately $1.7 billion of unsecured debt
  • Various financial institutions, including Samsung Life Insurance Company, in connection with certain exposure to Lehman Brothers
  • Pope & Talbot, Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases and proceedings pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and in connection with the sales of their business divisions
  • The Nature Conservancy and Save-the-Redwoods League in the Chapter 11 cases of Pacific Lumber Company and Scotia Pacific LLC
  • Lead arrangers in connection with a $1.1 billion senior refinancing for Laidlaw Inc.
  • Lead arranger of Navistar’s $1.5 billion restructuring facility
  • Oneida Ltd. in connection with its exit financing
  • The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Mirant Corporation, et al. in connection with the Chapter 11 cases of Mirant Corporation and its affiliates
  • Spiegel, Inc., Eddie Bauer, Inc. and their affiliates, as debtors, in their Chapter 11 cases
  • Citigroup in connection with the Amerco (U-Haul parent) Chapter 11 case
  • Sociedad Comercial del Plata, S.A., an Argentine oil and gas, transportation and entertainment conglomerate, and its affiliate, Compañía General de Combustibles, in the largest reorganization in Argentine history
  • Global Telesystems, Inc., the leading broadband services provider in Europe, through its Chapter 11 case, Dutch surseance proceedings and acquisition by KPNQwest N.V.
  • Pathmark Stores, Inc., as debtor, in its prepackaged Chapter 11 and in connection with various financing matters
  • Merrill Corporation in connection with the restructuring of its bank and public bond debt
  • Insilco Corporation, as debtor, in its Chapter 11 case
  • Lenders to a major Argentine cable company
  • Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. in its acquisition of 16 store leases through Bradlees’ Chapter 11 case
  • American General Finance Corp. in the Chapter 11 case of Island Mortgage Network, Inc., a fraudulently run mortgage originator


Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York


Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York