John E. Mitchell

Representative Experience

• Routinely represent midstream oil and gas companies in multiple Chapter 11 and potential Chapter 11 filings throughout the United States.
• Lead counsel to Republic Metals Corporation, one of the largest refiners of gold, silver and precious metals in North America, in the Chapter 11 sale and related litigation of over $100 million in competing claims to a $225 million precious metal asset pool in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. *
• Lead counsel to a leading national midstream energy pipeline company in the Chapter 11 of natural gas producer EdgeMarc Energy Holdings in Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. *
• Lead counsel to a leading national midstream energy pipeline company in the Chapter 11 sale and liquidation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the owner and operator of the Point Breeze and Girard Point oil refineries, located on an integrated 1,300-acre refining complex in Philadelphia. *
• Represented corporation and affiliated debtors that collectively owned and operated approximately 330 restaurants across the United States in their Chapter 11 case. *
• Represented a coal bed methane producer as lead counsel in Chapter 11 restructuring of more than $800 million in debts and successful sale of assets in distressed M&A process. *
• Represented offshore service and supply company and its subsidiaries as lead counsel in the restructuring of $1 billion in debts through both Chapter 11 and out-of-court exchange process. *
• Represented official equity committee in Chapter 11 of leading body armor manufacturer and pursuit of restitution claims in excess of $100 million. *
• Represented financial institution as senior secured lender for claims in excess of $30 million in the Chapter 11 case of an offshore oil and gas exploration, development, acquisitions and production company. *
• Represented multiple foreign lenders in commercial shipping Chapter 11 restructuring and retiring of more than $200 million in debts. *
• Represented leading cafeteria/casual restaurant chain in the Southwest in Chapter 11 and sale of 25 retail locations and food processing/distribution centers with debts in excess of $40 million. *
• Represented national consumer finance company in a multimillion-dollar litigation through the use of Chapter 11 claims process for multi-location car dealerships. *
• Represented national bank as agent bank in $70 million syndicated loan facility restructured through the Chapter 11 of a major Midwest restaurant company. *
• Represented Texas osteopathic hospital in wind down restructuring process. *
• Represented health care finance company in bankruptcy of regional sleep disorder chain. *
• Represented health care finance company in bankruptcy and litigation related to chiropractic and dental advertising agency. *