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 work includes the following: 

Select company representations

• Aventiv Technologies in a restructuring and equitization transaction involving more than $2.2 billion of liabilities.
• Petmate in a restructuring and equitization transaction involving more than $800 million of liabilities.
• SVP Worldwide in a restructuring and equitization transaction involving more than $550 million of liabilities.
• Cabinetworks in a $100 million new-money financing and $1.7 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and notes.
• Cision in a $250 million new-money financing and $2.4 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and notes.
• Oregon Tool in a $150 million new-money financing and $1.3 billion recapitalization of its credit facilities and notes.

Select creditor representations

• An ad hoc group of lenders to Anastasia Beverly Hills in a restructuring involving more than $600 million.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Dental Care Alliance in a transaction involving a $95 million new-money financing and a $1.8 billion equitization and restructuring.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to a dental support company in a transaction involving a $75 million new-money financing and a $1.4 billion equitization and restructuring.
• Elliott Investment Management, as anchor lender to Magenta Buyer, in drop-down liability management transactions that raised $400 million of new money and refinanced more than $4 billion of first- and second-lien liabilities.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to PSSI/Fortrex in a $1.5 billion equitization and restructuring.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Rodan + Fields in a transaction involving a $75 million new-money financing and a more than $550 million equitization and restructuring.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to SI Group in a $1.8 billion uptier recapitalization.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Sinclair Broadcast Group in a $4.25 billion recapitalization and refinancing.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Summit Behavioral Healthcare in a $125 million new-money financing and $800 million refinancing.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to a talent solutions company in a $125 million uptier recapitalization.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Tosca Services in a $100 million new-money financing and $600 million uptier refinancing.

Select private credit lender representations

• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a dental support company involving more than $1.4 billion of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a fintech transportation company involving more than $110 million of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a home comfort products company involving more than $350 million of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization, restructuring and business combination of manufacturing companies involving more than $1.5 billion of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a studio production company involving more than $1.1 billion of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a technology solutions provider involving more than $1 billion of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a translation services provider involving more than $200 million of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a waste management company involving more than $500 million of liabilities.
• Private credit lenders in the equitization and restructuring of a women's apparel company involving more than $550 million of liabilities.

Select notes exchanges

• An ad hoc group of lenders to Nexeo/GPD in a $485 million notes exchange.
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Office Properties Income Trust in a more than $275 million notes exchange.

Select chapter 11 debtor representations

• 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Intrum AB, LifeScan Global Corporation and Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (Incora) in their chapter 11 proceedings.

Select chapter 11 creditor representations

• An ad hoc group of lenders and noteholders in the chapter 11 proceedings of: Anthology Inc., Careismatic Brands LLC, DISH DBS Corporation, Exactech, Inc., Hornblower Holdings LLC, Mobileum, Inc., Multi-Color Corporation, Nine Energy Service, Inc., Office Properties Income Trust, Pretium Packaging, L.L.C., Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., Steward Health Care System LLC, The Lycra Company LLC and West Marine, Inc.

Distressed M&A

• Encoura in connection with the acquisition of Anthology’s Lifecycle Engagement & Student Success business through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale.

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 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.