Brandon Mohamad is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s business restructuring group in the firm’s New York office. His practice incorporates all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and financial distress.

Experience

  • Represented an ad hoc group of first lien noteholders and second lien convertible noteholders in connection with Luminar Technologies, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries’ Chapter 11 cases. Luminar filed the Chapter 11 cases with the support of approximately 91.3% of the holders of 1L Notes and approximately 85.9% of the holders of 2L Notes.
  • Represented Hooters of America, LLC, an iconic casual dining and sports entertainment chain, and its affiliated debtors in their pending chapter 11 cases involving the restructuring of approximately $380 million of funded debt. Hooters’ chapter 11 cases are the first whole business securitization filings of their kind and are supported by $40 million of debtor-in-possession financing and a Restructuring Support Agreement with near unanimous support from its key stakeholders.
  • Represented 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., a leading manufacturer and seller of private label food products, in its acquisition by Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POST).  The transaction will result in the full satisfaction of approximately $815 million of funded debt obligations of 8th Avenue.
  • Represented Village Roadshow Entertainment Group USA, Inc., a leading independent producer and financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, and its affiliates in connection with their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.*
  • Represented a global alternative investment manager in connection with the assumption of its commercial lease with certain debtors in the Accuride Corporation chapter 11 cases.*

*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray

Areas of Practice