Cameron Kyle Rivers

Debtor and Committee Cases

• Represented a Texas electricity producer in its Chapter 11 case
• Represented a large upstream oil and gas company and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases
• Represented Houston's premiere senior living facility in its Chapter 11 case
• Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of a large medical device company
• Represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of an upstream oil and gas exploration and production company
• Represented the plan administrator in a large upstream oil and gas Chapter 11 case

Creditors' Rights Cases

• Represented an international media company in the Chapter 11 cases for one of the largest video-on-demand enterprises in the United States
• Represented a major secured lender in an international defense contractor Chapter 11 case
• Represented a major secured lender in a national commercial retail Chapter 11 case
• Represented commercial lenders in various multimillion-dollar real estate cases
• Represented various predecessors-in-interest in the Chapter 11 cases of a major Gulf Coast oil and gas company facing hundreds of millions of dollars in decommissioning obligations
• Represented vital trade creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of the largest physician-owned healthcare network in the United States
• Represented a major international film studio in the multibillion-dollar Chapter 11 case of the world's second-largest theater chain
• Represented a multibillion-dollar private financial services company in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a large life settlement company
• Represented an electricity cooperative in a multibillion-dollar Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a Texas electrical generation and transmission cooperative
• Represented indenture trustees and collateral agents in various multimillion-dollar Chapter 11 cases
• Represented a large healthcare provider in the Chapter 9 case of a municipal hospital district
• Represented a large oil and gas fund in the Chapter 11 case of a multibillion-dollar global alternative investment fund management company
• Represented a commercial retail creditor in a large energy storage, production and recycling Chapter 11 case, successfully defending a seven-figure preference action and obtaining full payment on the creditor's claims
• Represented a transportation trade creditor in the Chapter 11 case of the country's largest milk producer, successfully defending a multimillion-dollar preference action
• Represented a commercial landlord in a large retail bankruptcy case and successfully negotiated a settlement of preference action
• Represented a multinational insurance firm in the bankruptcy of a global seismic data company, and successfully defended a multimillion-dollar claim objection

Distressed Asset Sales and Acquisitions

• Advised clients in purchase of a critical federal right of way for a major Gulf Coast pipeline
• Advised clients in the purchase of distressed assets, including real estate, publications and company purchases, in court-supervised bankruptcy sales
• Advised a client on multimillion-dollar private real estate purchase where lessee filed Chapter 11 case
• Advised a client on purchase of a multimillion-dollar national publication from its Chapter 11 case

Nonbankruptcy Restructurings

• Represented a large equity investor in multimillion-dollar out-of-court restructuring
• Advised a large fiber internet company on potential bankruptcy risks regarding a multimillion-dollar out-of-court restructuring
• Represented a large financial institution in receivership action against a borrower under multimillion-dollar revolver facility
• Represented and advised a surety bond and financial services company regarding both in and out of court restructuring of a midstream oil and gas company with a multimillion-dollar plug and abandon (P&A) obligation in the outer continental shelf
• Represented a midstream oil and gas company in effecting a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) foreclosure action on a shareholder's membership interests

Complex Transaction Consultations

• Advised a large energy company on potential counterparty risk in In re The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico as a representative of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Puerto Rico Bankruptcy), the first Title III restructuring proceeding
• Advised a new, multibillion-dollar solar energy and energy storage fund on bankruptcy and insolvency-related language for partnership agreement
• Advised various companies in multimillion-dollar transactions on risk of substantive consolidation in potential bankruptcy cases
• Advised companies in multimillion-dollar sale and securitization of asset portfolios, including traditional securitizations and innovative asset bases
• Advised various companies in multimillion-dollar securities transactions on applicability of bankruptcy safe harbor provisions
• Consulted on purchase of multimillion-dollar resort-style real estate transaction
• Consulted on assumption and securitization of a commercial retail complex
• Consulted for a multibillion-dollar asset management firm on acquisition of consumer financial technology (FinTech) company

Complex Litigation Consultations

• Advise companies with wide consumer bases on bankruptcy compliance and litigation risks
• Conducted a review of all commercial and consumer financial and banking regulations across U.S. states and territories to advise an international financial institution on necessary compliance policies and procedures
• Advised a clinical research institute on bankruptcy and litigation risks stemming from an equity ownership dispute

Commercial Litigation

• Represented an international aerospace and security company in complex arbitration
• Represented a global investment firm in a nine-figure adversary proceeding
• Represented an indenture trustee in a nine-figure adversary proceeding
• Represented a midstream energy marketing and logistics company in complex litigation stemming from Winter Storm Uri
• Represented a large real estate investment trust in a complex sale dispute
• Represented one of the largest national commercial real estate servicers in complex litigation issues arising from the ownership and management of a large commercial mall
• Represented officers of a global engineering and construction firm in complex U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) litigation
• Represented a large real estate developer in a multimillion-dollar sale dispute involving novel interpretations of state law

• Stonewall Law Clinic, advising people on LGBT-specific legal needs
• Trans Legal Aid Clinic of Texas, advising people on name and gender marker updates
• Houston Volunteer Lawyers, Legal Lines Phone Clinic
• Represented an executor in complex estate issues
• Represented Houston musicians in copyright and intellectual property (IP) infringement case, successfully obtaining full take-down of IP from unauthorized streaming services and restoring full control of IP rights to the artists
• Represented a New York City sculptor in reclaiming misappropriated work from a former patron
• Represented a nationwide civil rights group focused on protecting voting rights
• Represented a university student in full dismissal of a felony criminal case
• Advised a charity nonprofit organization offering free and low-cost tutoring services to underserved families on contentious board dispute and organizational operations
• Advised an arts-focused private charitable foundation on bankruptcy related language for certain agreements