Gregory F. Pesce

Representative Company-Side Experience

• Surgalign Technologies ― Represented Surgalign Holdings, a publicly traded, global medical technology company, in connection with its chapter 11 proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Circulus LLC ― Represented portfolio company of Ara Partners in connection with an out-of-court recapitalization transaction.
• Aqua Leisure ― Represented private pool and leisure toys manufacturer in connection with comprehensive out-of-court recapitalization transaction.
• Celsius Network, LLC — Representing Celsius Network's Litigation Oversight Committee in connection with the pursuit of billions of dollars of claims and causes of action and the monetization of various illiquid assets for the benefit of Celsius Network's creditors. Successfully recovered over $140 million in cash for creditor recoveries in the first quarter alone of the firm's representation.
• PWM Property Management LLC ― Represented the owners of premier commercial office towers located at 245 Park Avenue in New York City and 181 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois in connection with their chapter 11 cases before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; and in connection with a definitive agreement to sell PWM's interests in the commercial office tower located at 245 Park Avenue in New York City to an affiliate of SL Green Realty Corp.
• Ionic Digital ― Representing Ionic Digital, Inc., a pure play Bitcoin mining business formed as part of the Celsius Network restructuring plan.
• Bouchard Transportation Co. ― Representing Matthew Ray as Plan Administrator in connection with complex chapter 11 proceedings pending in Southern District of Texas.

Representative Creditor, Equity Sponsor, and Other Stakeholder Experience

• Celsius Network, LLC ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Celsius Network LLC in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, acting as the fiduciary for 1.7 million account users that used the Celsius platform before its bankruptcy filing.
• Genesis Global Holdco ― Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Genesis Global Holdco in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Cox Operating LCC ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Cox Operating LLC in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• SiO2 Medical Products Inc. ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of SiO2 Medical Products Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Sientra Inc. ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Sientra Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Amyris Inc.― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Amyris, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Westlake Surgical ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of WestLake Surgical in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
• ION Geophysical Corporation ― Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of ION Geophysical Corporation in the contested restructuring of over $138 million of funded debt.
• Smile Direct Club ― Represented the largest unsecured creditor in the chapter 11 and resulting chapter 7 proceedings of SmileDirectClub in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Michael's Stores, Inc. ― Represented of Michaels Stores, Inc. as a purchaser of assets in the chapter 11 cases of Bed Bath & Beyond, Party City, and Tuesday Morning.
• Seadrill Ltd. ― Represented Transocean Ltd. and certain other co-investors in connection with their efforts to sponsor an alternative plan of reorganization for Seadrill Ltd.
• China Fishery Group Ltd. ― Represented Monarch Capital and Davidson Kempner in connection with their innovative strategy to propose a creditor-backed plan of reorganization for China Fishery Group Ltd., which has over $1.1 billion in funded indebtedness.
• Castex Energy ― Represented Cross Ocean Partners, LP, as the largest secured lender to Castex Energy 2005 HoldCo LLC, in connection with Castex's chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial Intern, Honorable Ann C. Williams, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Prior Experience
PILI Fellow, The University of Chicago Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Summer 2011