Republic Airways

After a 14-month successful restructuring, Republic Airways Holdings Inc. emerged from bankruptcy protection as a privately held company.

In April, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane approved Republic's Chapter 11 exit plan, which will position Republic for long-term success and preserve 5,200 jobs. "The case has had quite a few things go on in it and has come a long way since it was filed," Judge Lane said.

Republic filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2016 due to a pilot shortage and labor costs. Over the past year, the company restructured $3.6 billion in liabilities; modified codeshare agreements with partner airlines; streamlined its operating aircraft fleet to a single line; and returned "out-of-favor" aircraft that didn't meet the company's needs.

CST Industries

Hughes Hubbard is representing CST Industries, the world's largest and leading tank and dome manufacturer, in its Chapter 11 proceedings to facilitate a corporate restructuring to right-size the Kansas City-based company's balance sheet and potentially sell its assets through a section 363 or 1123 sale.

Following a contested evidentiary hearing, HHR won interim approval for CST to borrow up to $14 million of superpriority debtor-in-possession financing.  HHR also won approval for the company to make customary "first day" payments to key constituents such as employees and critical vendors.  

GulfMark Offshore

Our team represented DNB Bank ASA (DNB) as a prepetition lender and debtor-in-possession (DIP) lender in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of GulfMark Offshore Inc. (GulfMark) in Delaware Bankruptcy Court.

By providing DIP financing, DNB was able to preserve its existing collateral, gain further collateral and limit the offshore operator's bankruptcy to a "HoldCo Only" filing, significantly simplifying the transaction and corresponding risk to its existing extended loans.

In what Judge Kevin Gross agreed was an "unusual" approach when signing the DIP order, DNB is providing up to $35 million of post- petition funding to GulfMark Rederi AS (Rederi), a Norweigian non-debtor subsidiary, through an amendment and restatement of an existing secured multicurrency credit facility already   drawn down to $45 million. In turn, Rederi is on- lending the funds to its parent debtor through an intercompany loan under a DIP intercompany facility.

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