Elizabeth A. Beitler

Elizabeth A. Beitler is a member of the firm’s Corporate Reorganization and Litigation departments, where she focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation.

Elizabeth’s diverse restructuring practice includes the representation of financial institutions, debtors, and creditors in a wide range of matters, including in and out-of-court restructurings, liability management exercises, debtor-in-possession financing, asset sales and acquisitions, and bankruptcy litigation, including avoidance actions. Elizabeth also has experience representing trading and sales businesses in the distressed space for fixed income products.

In addition to her restructuring practice, Elizabeth maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in immigration and Social Security cases.

• Various Financial Institutions: Advise on secondary market trading implications of cooperation agreements, transaction support agreements, exchange agreements, and related credit documents.
• In re Genesis Global Holdco, LLC: Represented Gemini Trust Company, LLC as agent for over 232,000 lenders who Genesis owed more than $1 billion in connection with cryptocurrency loans.
• In re Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI): Represented the SIPA Trustee in the $123 billion liquidation of Lehman Brothers Inc., the largest bankruptcy in history. Secured a 100% recovery for customers, secured and priority claimants and distributed over $9 billion to general unsecured creditors.
• In re Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V.: Represented Delta Air Lines, Inc., as majority equity holder and strategic partner of Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V., in Aeroméxico's chapter 11 restructuring.
• In re New Emerald Energy, LLC: Represented secured creditor Dakota Midstream LLC as the purchaser of assets through a bankruptcy auction.
• In re Sears Holdings Corp.: Counsel to the Honorable J. Douglas Cunningham Q.C., the litigation trustee for Sears Canada Inc., in connection with the cross-border aspects of his claims against ESL Investments.
• In re Cenveo, Inc.: Post-effective date counsel for Cenveo in its chapter 11 proceedings, including primary responsibility for administering its claims process involving claims totaling approximately $2 billion.
• In re AN Global LLC: Counsel to AgileThought, Inc., a U.S. public company with most of its operations in Mexico and other Latin American companies, and its subsidiaries in all aspects of their chapter 11 cases.
• In re Stanadyne, LLC: Represented a leading fuel pump and fuel injector developer and manufacturer, in all aspects of its $350 million chapter 11 proceedings.
• In re Pace Industries, LLC: Financing counsel to Pace Industries, the nation’s largest metal die-caster, in its prepackaged chapter 11 case.
• In re Jagged Peak, Inc.: Counsel to the Special Committees of the Boards of Directors of Jagged Peak, Inc. and TradeGlobal North America, Inc., Singapore Post's two U.S. e-Commerce companies, in their chapter 11 restructuring.
• In re Patriot National Inc.: Debtor’s counsel in the pre-negotiated Chapter 11 restructuring of an insurance service company.
• In re Valaris plc: Represented DNB Bank ASA as special counsel in the bank’s role as a member of the statutory creditors’ committee.
• In re Exelco North America, Inc.: Debtor’s counsel to Belgian diamond wholesaler and distributor.
• Pro bono representation of a Nigerian Immigrant seeking asylum from Elizabeth Immigration Court in New Jersey, because of past and probable future persecution based on her sexual orientation.
• Pro bono representation of a 34-year-old client suffering from severe intellectual and psychological disabilities win an appeal for retroactive and current Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
• Pro bono representation of a Jamaican client's release from federal immigration detention for a client after two years of appeals.