Nyle Hussain is an associate in Ropes & Gray's business restructuring group.

During law school, Nyle was an editor on the Chicago Journal of International Law (CJIL). In February 2020, he spoke at CJIL’s annual symposium about interpreting the Genocide Convention to encompass the cultural destruction of the Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang. Nyle also provided legal services to indigent tenants in the Chicago area as part of his law school’s Housing and Poverty Law Clinic.  

Experience

  • Represented Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, in its successful bid of more than $35.1 million to purchase the avexitide assets of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. in the sale of Eiger’s assets pursuant to Section 363 of the bankruptcy code.  
  • Represented Shoes For Crews, a leading producer of non-slip shoes, in a sale to a group of its secured lenders through voluntary chapter 11 proceedings and in obtaining approximately $30 million in DIP financing from the secured lenders acquiring the business.
  • Represented Ecovyst Inc. as issuer and CCMP Capital Advisors as selling shareholders in the issuer’s $113.75 million secondary follow-on offering.  

Areas of Practice