Charles Persons Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Dallas

Since joining Sidley, Charles has been involved in the chapter 11 debtor representation of publicly traded oil and gas company Legacy Reserves, Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the chapter 11 debtor representation of the Boy Scouts of America in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and the chapter 11 debtor representation of Wave Computing Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In addition, he is currently advising… Show more Since joining Sidley, Charles has been involved in the chapter 11 debtor representation of publicly traded oil and gas company Legacy Reserves, Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the chapter 11 debtor representation of the Boy Scouts of America in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, and the chapter 11 debtor representation of Wave Computing Inc. in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. In addition, he is currently advising multiple secured lender groups in proposed out-of-court restructuring transactions involving distressed companies. Charles was also involved in the representation of New Residential Investment Corp. in its $574.0 million stalking horse bid for mortgage-related businesses of debtor mortgage servicing and origination company Ditech Holding. Show less

New York

Served as an of counsel in the Corporate Restructuring Department of Togut, Segal & Segal. His practice focused on debtor and creditor representations in complex chapter 11 cases, out-of-court reorganizations and refinancings, distressed acquisitions, debtor-in-possession financing, and a variety of bankruptcy litigation matters, including appellate litigation. In addition to his experience with multinational restructurings in the retail, aviation, automobile, and manufacturing industries… Show more Served as an of counsel in the Corporate Restructuring Department of Togut, Segal & Segal. His practice focused on debtor and creditor representations in complex chapter 11 cases, out-of-court reorganizations and refinancings, distressed acquisitions, debtor-in-possession financing, and a variety of bankruptcy litigation matters, including appellate litigation. In addition to his experience with multinational restructurings in the retail, aviation, automobile, and manufacturing industries, Mr. Persons has considerable experience advising clients in the oil & gas industry on restructuring matters and has published several articles discussing the intersection of oil & gas law and restructuring law.While at Togut, Segal & Segal, Mr. Persons worked primarily on the firm's debtor representations of Pacific Drilling, S.A., Toisa Limited, and TNEH UK (as parent to the EMEA entities of Westinghouse Electric Corp.) in those entities' chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of New York. Show less

New York / Dallas

Served as lead associate in Weil's representations of the Unsecured Creditors' Committee in the chapter 11 cases of SunEdison, the chapter 11 cases of debtors Westinghouse Electric Company and Azure Midstream Partners, the out-of-court reorganization of The Brock Group, Inc., the representation of ad hoc secured lender groups in the chapter 11 cases of Energy & Exploration Partners and Magnum Hunter Resources, certain bondholders in the out-of-court reorganization of Cobalt International, the… Show more Served as lead associate in Weil's representations of the Unsecured Creditors' Committee in the chapter 11 cases of SunEdison, the chapter 11 cases of debtors Westinghouse Electric Company and Azure Midstream Partners, the out-of-court reorganization of The Brock Group, Inc., the representation of ad hoc secured lender groups in the chapter 11 cases of Energy & Exploration Partners and Magnum Hunter Resources, certain bondholders in the out-of-court reorganization of Cobalt International, the chapter 11 reorganization of Electrical Components Int'l. and in the acquisition of Synagro Technologies by EQT Infrastructure Fund in chapter 11. Also served as lead associate in the Firm’s representation of Macquarie Capital as the largest unsecured creditor of Reddy Ice Holdings, secured lender Brazos Equity Partners in the chapter 11 case of Golden County Foods, and played roles in the in-court representations of Halcon Energy, Golfsmith, Endeavour International Corp., SemGroup Holdings, Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, Dallas Stars, L.P., Blockbuster, AMR Corporation (American Airlines), and Crescent Resources, LLC in their chapter 11 reorganizations.Served as a tournament chair for Weil’s “Dodge for a Cause” annual charity dodgeball tournament held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas benefiting Vogel Alcove. Show less

Dallas

Worked on teams representing debtors and creditors in complex chapter 11 proceedings. Debtors work included representations of Chrysler, L.P., Dana Corporation, and Kaiser Aluminum Corporation; creditors work included representation of hedge fund Patriarch Partners, LLC in various distressed acquisitions.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Managing Editor, Federal Communications Law Journal; Treasurer, Student Bar Association (2005-2006.

B.S.

Activities and Societies: Editor, reporter, Cornell Daily Sun, 1998-2002.