Mendy Fox

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Fox’s practice is primarily focused on advising debtors, creditors, equity holders and potential investors on tax matters related to all aspects of in-court and out-of-court restructurings, special situations and financing transactions (including, liability management transactions).

Mr. Fox’s recent transactions include:

• Aventiv Technologies in multiple new money and uptier refinancing transactions and an equitization transaction involving more than $1.6 billion of first and second lien liabilities.
• Cision in connection with a $250 million new money financing and a $2.4 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
• Oregon Tool in connection with a $150 million new money financing and a $1.3 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and senior notes.
• Petmate in a restructuring and equitization of over $800 million of liabilities.
• A consumer goods company in connection with an equitization and restructuring of over $550 million of liabilities. 

Select creditor representations

• Elliott Investment Management as the anchor lender to Magenta Buyer in drop-down liability management transactions that raised $400 million of new money and refinanced over $4 billion of first and second lien liabilities.
• An ad hoc group of term lenders to Tosca Services in connection with a $100 million super-priority new money and $600 million uptier refinancing transaction.
• An ad hoc group of term lenders to SI Group in connection with a $1.8 billion uptier recapitalization transaction.
• An ad hoc group of term lenders to Summit Behavioral Healthcare in connection with a $125 million super-priority new money and $800 million refinancing transaction.
• An ad hoc group of noteholders to Office Properties Income Trust in connection with a more than $275 million notes exchange.
• An ad hoc group of noteholders to Nexeo/GPD in connection with a $485 million notes exchange.
• An ad hoc group of senior lenders to Sinclair Broadcast Group in connection with a recapitalization and refinancing of more than $4.25 billion of the company’s debt.
• A private credit lender to two companies in connection with an equitization and restructuring of more than $1.5 billion of liabilities and business combination transaction.
• An ad hoc group of term lenders to Rodan + Fields in connection with a $75 million new money financing and equitization and restructuring transaction of more than $550 million of liabilities.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to a technology solutions provider in connection with an equitization and restructuring transaction of approximately $1 billion of the company’s debt.
• A member of an ad hoc group of lenders to Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI)/Fortrex in connection with an equitization and restructuring transaction of approximately $1.5 billion of the company’s debt.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Anastasia Beverly Hills in connection with a restructuring transaction of more than $600 million of the company’s debt.
• An ad hoc committee of noteholders and lenders to the Lycra group in connection with a restructuring transaction.
• A private credit lender to a fintech transportation company in connection with an equitization and restructuring transaction of more than $110 million of the company’s debt. 

Select chapter 11 creditor representations

• An ad hoc group of secured term lenders to each of Careismatic Brands LLC, Exactech, Inc., Hornblower Group, Mobileum, Inc., and Steward Health Care System LLC in connection with their chapter 11 proceedings. 

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Fox earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School and served as a member of the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law. Mr. Fox also received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary.