Shari Dwoskin is a partner in Brown Rudnick’s Bankruptcy & Transactions Restructuring Practice Group. She has worked on some of the country’s largest recent bankruptcy cases, representing unsecured creditors’ committees, tort victims, bondholders, equity interest holders, and reorganized debtors in Chapter 11 restructurings, litigation arising from related disputes, and out-of-court wind-downs.
Shari has experience with negotiating restructuring support agreements, plans, and DIPs; plan confirmation trials; valuation; avoidance actions; bankruptcy auctions; the claims resolution process; 363 sales; and related litigation.
Shari is an active member of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, serving as Vice-Director of Regional Programming. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, providing legal advice to women- and minority-owned small businesses, representing individual Chapter 7 debtors, and helping Boston residents seal criminal records. She led the representation of Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, achieving an important constitutional law victory when the court held that the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families violated the due process rights of families by denying fair hearings in “substantiated concern” cases.
Work Highlights
Highlights
Ascend Performance Materials: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case of nylon maker Ascend Performance Materials.
Danimer Scientific: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case of Danimer Scientific, a biotech company focused on the production of biomaterials.
BlockFi: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Plan Administrator in groundbreaking litigation with respect to certain cryptocurrency assets the U.S. Department of Justice claims are subject to seizure in a criminal forfeiture proceeding against certain creditors.
Coach USA: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in winning an important DIP trial in the Chapter 11 case of Coach USA, owner and operator of Megabus and other privately owned commuter bus lines in the U.S. and Canada.
LTL Management: Official Committee of Talc Claimants in litigating motions to dismiss the two Chapter 11 cases of Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas two-step” SPV, ultimately obtaining dismissal.
Revlon: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case of Revlon, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of consumer cosmetics.
Lordstown Motors/NU Ride: Official Equity Committee in Chapter 11 case of Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle manufacturer, and its reorganized debtor.
Pier 1 Imports: Term Loan lenders in Chapter 11 case of Pier 1 Imports, the home goods retail chain. This was one of the first Covid-era retail bankruptcy cases.
Other Representations
Advantage Holdco: DIP Lender in Chapter 11 case of Advantage Holdco, a car rental company.
Aearo Technologies: Official Committee of Tort Claimants, successfully litigated a motion to dismiss Chapter 11 case of 3M’s bankruptcy SPV.
Aereo: Debtors in the Chapter 11 case of Aereo, a technology company that allowed subscribers to view television streams on Internet-connected devices.
B456 Systems: Liquidating Trustee in Chapter 11 case of B456 Systems, a lithium-ion battery maker.
Bonanza Creek Energy: Ad Hoc Equity Committee in Chapter 11 case of Bonanza Creek Energy, an energy producer.
Chesapeake Energy: 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.
Cosi: First Lien Lender in Chapter 11 case of Cosi, a national restaurant chain.
F-Squared Investment Management: Liquidating Trustee in Chapter 11 case of F-Squared Investment Management, an investment services provider.
Hooper Holmes: Liquidating Trustee in Chapter 11 case of Hooper Holmes, a national health risk assessment provider.
Intelsat: Indenture Trustee for Convertible Notes in Chapter 11 case of Intelsat, the world’s largest satellite-operations business.
Jason: Second Lien Lenders in Chapter 11 case of Jason, manufacturer and supplier of industrial Hoses.
Nogin: Prepetition Senior Notes Ad Hoc Group in Chapter 11 case of Nogin, an e-commerce platform.
PES Holdings: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in “Chapter 22” case of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and litigation surrounding liens on business interruption insurance related to explosion at oil refinery.
Prime Core Technologies: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case of Prime Core Technologies, a cryptocurrency infrastructure company.
PROMESA Title III insolvency proceeding of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Special Claims Committee of the Federal Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in avoidance litigation.
Quintess: Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 case of Quintess, a luxury time share company.
Sabine Oil & Gas: Ad Hoc Consortium of Forest Oil Noteholders in Chapter 11 case of Sabine Oil & Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company.
Sable Permian Resources: Equity Sponsor in Chapter 11 case of Sable Permian Resources, an independent oil & natural gas company.
TK Holdings: Trustee of Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund in Chapter 11 case of TK Holdings, manufacturer of auto safety parts.
Washington Prime Group: Official Equity Committee in Chapter 11 case of Washington Prime Group, a national real estate portfolio of over one hundred shopping malls.
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