Overview
Sara Coelho is a partner in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice.
Her practice focuses on restructuring and debtor-creditor rights. She represents debtors, creditors and creditor groups, acquirers, equity owners and other investors in a wide range of insolvency matters, including chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, acquisition of distressed or reorganized companies, liability management transactions, resolution planning, and other matters.
Experience
- Southland Royalty Company: Represented private-equity sponsored E&P oil and gas company with interests in over 8,000 wells throughout Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado
- Weatherford International PLC: Represented Citibank N.A. as agent on a DIP loan for Weatherford and its debtor and non-debtor affiliates
- Sears Holding: Represented Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc., an entity spun off from Sears, in Sears chapter 11 cases
- Newmont Goldcorp: Represented ad hoc group of noteholders in consent solicitation and indenture amendment
- Fallbrook Technologies: Represented technology development company in its pre-arranged chapter 11 case
- Nuverra Environmental Solutions: Represented oilfield services company and its affiliates in their prepackaged chapter 11 cases
- Inversora Eléctrica de Buenos Aires S.A.: Represented chapter 15 debtor in connection with its US insolvency proceeding, implemented in parallel with Acuerdo Preventivo Extrajudicial (APE) proceeding in Argentina
- PG&E: Represented ad hoc group of creditors of power purchase agreement counterparty to PG&E in PG&E chapter 11 case
- Acosta: Represented Ankura Trust Company as DIP agent in Acosta chapter 11 cases
- Joerns: Represented Ankura Trust Company as agent on prepetition, DIP and exit loans in connection with Joerns chapter 11 cases
- Ditech Holding/Walter Investment: Represented mortgaged-backed securities contract counterparty in chapter 11 cases of both Ditech and Walter
- Toys “R” Us: Represented Bank of America N.A. as administrative and collateral agent under a secured credit facility totaling over $1 billion in Toys “R” Us chapter 11 cases
- Westinghouse Electric Company: Represented nuclear power plant construction contract counterparties in Westinghouse chapter 11 cases
- International Bank of Azerbaijan: Represented ad hoc group of bondholders in Chapter 15 bankruptcy case of IBA
- Puerto Rico: Represented major creditor in first phase of Puerto Rico restructuring
- Homer City: Represented institutional investor as plan sponsor in Homer City chapter 11 case and in related asset purchase transactions
- Aleris International: Represented aluminum manufacturing company and affiliates in their chapter 11 cases
- Systemically Important Financial Institution: Represented institution in the drafting and submission of its inaugural resolution plan
Qualifications
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Education
Cornell Law School
University of Pennsylvania
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Admissions
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Courts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit