Shari Dwoskin is a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. She represents unsecured creditors’ committees, tort victims, bondholders, equity interest holders, and debtors in Chapter 11 restructurings, litigation arising from related disputes, and out-of-court wind-downs. Shari has experience managing many facets of the restructuring process in some of the largest recent bankruptcy cases, including negotiating restructuring support agreements, plans, and DIPs; plan confirmation trials; valuation; avoidance actions; bankruptcy auctions; the claims resolution process; 363 sales; and related motion practice and litigation. Shari also regularly consults with the Firm’s Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate groups on bankruptcy-related matters.
Shari maintains an active and varied pro bono practice that includes providing legal advice to women- and minority-owned small businesses, representing individual Chapter 7 debtors, and helping Boston residents seal criminal records. She recently led a team in obtaining a decision holding that the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families violated the due process rights of families by denying them fair hearings in “substantiated concern” cases. Shari is also an active member of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, serving as Vice-Director of Regional Programming on the international board.
Representation
In re Nogin, Inc.: Represent Prepetition Senior Notes Ad Hoc Group in Chapter 11 proceedings of e-commerce platform.
In re Lordstown Motors Corp., Inc.: Represent Official Equity Committee in Chapter 11 proceedings of electric vehicle manufacturer.
In re Prime Core Technologies, Inc.: Represent Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings of cryptocurrency infrastructure company.
In re BlockFi, Inc.: On behalf of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Plan Administrator, leading groundbreaking litigation with respect to certain cryptocurrency assets the United States Department of Justice claims are subject to seizure in a criminal forfeiture proceeding against certain creditors.
In re Revlon, Inc.: On behalf of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, successfully negotiated a confirmed plan of reorganization providing for substantial recoveries for unsecured creditors.
In re LTL Management, LLC: On behalf of the Official Committee of Talc Claimants, drafted and litigated motions to dismiss the two Chapter 11 proceedings of Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas two-step” SPV, ultimately obtaining dismissal.
In re Aearo Technologies LLC: On behalf of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants, successfully litigated a motion to dismiss the Chapter 11 proceeding of 3M’s bankruptcy SPV.
PROMESA Title III insolvency proceeding of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Representation of the Special Claims Committee of the Federal Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in avoidance litigation.
In re Intelsat S.A.: Representation of Indenture Trustee for Convertible Notes in the Chapter 11 proceeding of the world’s largest satellite-operations business.
In re Washington Prime Group Inc.: Representation of the Official Equity Committee in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Washington Prime Group, a national real estate portfolio of over one hundred shopping malls.
In re Chesapeake Energy, LLC: Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 proceedings of one of the largest oil and gas exploration and production companies in the country.
In re Pier 1 Imports, Inc.: Representation of Term Loan lenders in the first major post-COVID retail bankruptcy case.
In re PES Holdings LLC: Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the “Chapter 22” case of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and litigation surrounding liens on business interruption insurance related to explosion at oil refinery.
Other Representations
Unsecured Creditors: In re Quintess, LLC (Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors); In re Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. (Ad Hoc Consortium of Forest Oil Noteholders).
Secured Creditors: In re Advantage Holdco, Inc. (DIP Lender); In re Jason Inc. (Second Lien Lenders); In re Cosi, Inc. (First Lien Lender).
Equity: In re Sable Permian Resources LLC (Equity Sponsor); In re Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (Ad Hoc Equity Committee)
Trusts: In re Hooper Holmes, Inc. (Liquidating Trustee); In re TK Holdings, Inc. (Trustee of Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund); In re B456 Systems, Inc. (Liquidating Trustee); In re F-Squared Investment Management LLC (Liquidating Trustee).
Debtors: In re Aereo, Inc.
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