David J. Fischer

Represented Ector County Energy Center LLP, an ERCOT energy provider impacted by Winter Storm Uri, as the debtor in Chapter 11 proceedings that distributed the proceeds of a market-high per-megawatt price transaction resulting from a highly competitive 363 sale process through a confirmed Chapter 11 plan that invoked more than $600 million in negotiated claim caps to yield a 100 percent dividend to non-insider creditors

Represented a company in the purchase of operating assets in the communication technology space; the transaction was distressed and involved a purchase price in excess of $150 million dollars

Represented several banks, hedge funds and private equity firms in the purchase and sale of notes, mortgages and other forms of indebtedness

Represented several non-institutional lenders in the foreclosure of large multifamily and office projects throughout Chicagoland

Represented noninstitutional buyers of notes for investment purposes as well as "loan to own"

Represented The Northern Trust Co. in connection with its special assets (distressed) portfolio and has from time to time been seconded to the Northern Trust law department to oversee that function

Represented a lender in the workout foreclosure of a $40 million yacht

Represented a lender in a forfeiture proceeding brought by the U.S. government

Represented a lender in the workout of a 140 million British pound loan from a United Kingdom (UK) private equity fund

Leads a team in the representation of a large upscale shopping center comprising in excess of 500,000 leasable space, in connection with its day-to-day operations and creditor and real estate issues

Represented First Community Bank in a key successor liability case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court brought by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR v. Hanmi and IDOR v. First Community Bank, No. 15-053594)

Represented the seller of a privately held middle market corporation to a strategic buyer for a total consideration of $90 million

Represented a private equity firm portfolio company as a debtor in the restructure of $20 million of secured senior acquisition debt

Represented Continental Casualty Co. as surety and credit enhancers on the foreclosure and restructuring of public housing bonds in connection with a 30 project multistate portfolio consisting of assets in excess of $1 billion; involved multistate foreclosure and bankruptcy matters

Represented a tranche B debt holder in litigation against a global financial institution for breach of fiduciary arising from its handling of real estate loans as agent for both tranche A and B debt

Represented numerous assignees, purchasers, sellers and assignees for benefit of creditors in out-of-court sales transactions

Represented U.S. Gas & Electric Inc. in its acquisition by Crius Energy Trust for total consideration of $152.5 million plus $20 million in working capital, for a total purchase price of approximately $172.5 million

Served as legal counsel to Coral Reef Capital, a New York-based private investment firm, in its investment in Krewe Energy LLC, an oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company based in Covington, Louisiana

Served as legal counsel to Coral Reef Capital in its acquisition of ROC Service Company

Represented Berner Food & Beverage Inc., in its sale to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, Peak Rock Capital, for an undisclosed value

Represented MVC Capital as lender or sponsor from a finance and intercreditor perspective in nearly a dozen transactions throughout the U.S. ranging in size from $25 million to 75 million

Represented various buyers of assets in bidding at state court foreclosure, bankruptcy 363 sales and Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) sales; over the past five years, represented many bidders in 363 sales and state court foreclosure sales, several of which have culminated in successful asset purchases

Represented the largest shareholder in the sale by an assignee for the benefit of creditors of assets in which there was a 100 percent overbid and a return to unsecured creditors of a 60 percent dividend