Alexys Ogorek is a law clerk in the business restructuring group in the Chicago office. While in law school, Alexys served as a co-president for the Business Law Society and as a Hardt Cup coordinator and Dean’s Cup coordinator for Moot Court. She was also a member of OutLaw.

Experience

  • Represented a worldwide logistics company with operations across the globe in its successful out of court restructuring of approximately $1.1 billion of debt with the unanimous participation of the company’s lenders.
  • Represented flooring company Empire Today in a liability management and financing transaction that received the support of more than 99% of the company’s lenders and enabled the company to obtain significant incremental liquidity and extend its existing debt maturities.
  • Represented TGI Friday’s Inc. and its affiliated debtors in their chapter 11 cases, including the sale of substantially all of their assets pursuant to section 363. TGI Friday’s and its affiliates own and operate a chain of casual dining restaurants throughout the country, offering classic American food and beverages.
  • Represented Hearthside Foods and its affiliated debtors in their prearranged chapter 11 cases involving approximately $3.0 billion of funded debt. A world class food product manufacturer, Hearthside’s operations include 28 manufacturing facilities across the United States and Canada, and approximately 12,000 employees.
  • Representing ReStore Capital, LLC as administrative and collateral agent to Express, LLC, a multi-brand fashion retailer with more than 550 retail stores, in connection with (i) a prepetition second lien asset-based term loan facility and (ii) a debtor in possession financing facility provided by funds and accounts managed by ReStore Capital, Gordon Brothers and First Eagle in the chapter 11 cases of Express, LLC and certain of its affiliates. 

Areas of Practice