Evan R. Fleck

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Fleck has built a successful and peer-recognized practice advising on a wide range of corporate restructurings and bankruptcies. He advises both debtors and a wide range of creditors, including lenders and strategic stakeholders, on complex in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Select recent representations:

• Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., a Brazilian low-cost airline, in its chapter 11 cases.
• An ad hoc group of senior lenders to Sinclair Broadcasting Group, an operator of various television stations, in connection with its $4.3 billion recapitalization.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Hornblower Group, a provider of sightseeing cruises, ferry transportation services, and overnight cruise experiences, in its chapter 11 cases.
• An ad hoc lender group in the chapter 11 cases of Exactech, a global medical technology company.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Careismatic Brands, a manufacturer of medical apparel, footwear, and accessories, in connection with the company’s chapter 11 cases.
• An ad hoc group of first lien lenders in the $1.3 billion recapitalization of SI Group, a global chemical company.
• Certain lenders to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, owner of the Foxwoods Resort Casino in southeast Connecticut.
• An ad hoc committee of noteholders in the chapter 11 case of Enviva Partners, the world's largest producer of industrial wood pellets.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Mobileum, a provider of analytics and data science solutions to the telecommunications industry, in connection with its chapter 11 reorganization.
• Riverspan Partners in its acquisition of Barretts Minerals’ talc business in a Section 363 sale.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), the largest food safety and contract sanitation company in North America.
• An ad hoc group of lenders in connection with a $1.4 billion recapitalization of Tosca Services, a leading provider of reusable packaging and supply chain solutions for perishable food supply chains.
• An ad hoc committee of noteholders and lenders to the Lycra Company.
• An ad hoc group of senior lenders to Farfetch, a British e-commerce company focused on luxury clothing and beauty products, in connection with its global restructuring transactions.
• An ad hoc group of lenders in the recapitalization of Keter Group, a manufacturer of resin-based home and garden consumer products, which resulted in the restructuring of €1.3 billion in debt.
• The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Talen Energy Supply.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to GTT Communications, Inc., a multinational telecommunications and internet service provider company, in its chapter 11 restructuring of over $13.2 billion in total outstanding debt.
• Avianca Airlines, the second-largest airline in Latin America, in its chapter 11 reorganization.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Fleck has been a featured panelist and lecturer at national conferences and law schools on topics involving distressed situations. He is a member of the editorial advisory board for the Bloomberg Law Bankruptcy Treatise and a past member of the Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee of the New York City Bar Association. In March 2023, he was inducted by The American College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow in the 34th Class of the College. Mr. Fleck is a member of the Complex Case Committee of the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Tina’s Wish, an organization established in memory of a former bankruptcy judge, that raises awareness of and funding for ovarian cancer research.

Mr. Fleck is recognized by Chambers USA (Band 2 – New York), Legal 500 (Leading Partner), Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and Benchmark Litigation. He was also recently named “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts and named Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer in 2013.