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Ben Wagoner joined Ropes & Gray’s business restructuring group in 2024.
Experience
- Representing 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 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 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.