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Christine Joh is an associate in the business restructuring group in New York. Her practice focuses on all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency matters, including advising companies and sponsors in complex chapter 11 cases, liability management transactions, and cross-border matters. Prior to joining the firm, Christine served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sage M. Sigler of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Honorable Scott H. Yun of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
Experience
- Representing an ad hoc group of lenders holding over 80% of the secured debt of Maverick Gaming, a regional gaming and entertainment company operating 27 cardrooms and casinos across three states. In connection with Maverick Gaming’s restructuring, certain members of the ad hoc group have executed a transaction support agreement and agreed to provide an initial DIP facility of $7.5 million.
- Represented holders of $2.4 billion of convertible notes issued by Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE: WOLF), a global leader in silicon carbide technology, in connection with its confirmed prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization. This transaction involves approximately $6.7 billion of debt and includes a restructuring support agreement entered into with the company’s key stakeholders. Convertible noteholders represented by Ropes & Gray will take majority ownership of the equity and have backstopped new capital in the form of $275 million of new second lien convertible notes.
- Represented Altice France, a leading telecommunications provider, in its chapter 15 proceedings to seek recognition in the United States of its historic French restructuring involving more than €20 billion of debt.
- Represented Exactech, Inc. a leading manufacturer and developer of orthopedic implant devices, surgical instruments, and AI-driven smart technologies for hospitals and physicians, and its affiliated debtors in a successful asset sale to an entity affiliated with a group of secured lenders through voluntary chapter 11 proceedings, involving the restructuring of more than $350 million of prepetition debt and liabilities, securing approximately $160 million in debtor in possession credit financing, and addressing billions in alleged tort liabilities.
- 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 iMedia Brands, Inc. and its affiliated debtors in their pending chapter 11 cases, which involve the restructuring of approximately $300 million of obligations. iMedia and its affiliates are a leading interactive media company that capitalizes on the convergence of entertainment, ecommerce, and advertising.
- Represented Rodan & Fields, LLC in the uptier debt exchange that reduced the company’s debt by over $100 million, raised $30 million of new money capital, and extended the maturity of its existing loans by two years.
- Represented Vesta Holdings, LLC and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Vesta was an insurance brokerage service provider for individual and corporate clients across the United States, primarily concentrating on property and casualty insurance offerings. During its chapter 11 cases, Vesta effectuated an all asset sale of its business and confirmed its plan of liquidation, which was supported by 100% of secured lenders and general unsecured creditors who voted on the plan.