Ira Dizengoff

About Ira Dizengoff

What Do I Do? My practice focuses on corporate restructurings, with an emphasis on…

Experience

1. Partner

   Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

   Oct 1992 — Present

   My practice focuses on corporate restructurings, with an emphasis on creditors’ committees and bondholder committees in large, complex cases, both out-of-court and in chapter 11. I am a Partner at Akin Gump. In my practice, I focus on large, complex corporate restructurings, both out of court and in chapter 11. This involves a variety of industries with multijurisdictional and cross-border matters.I represent official committees and ad hoc groups of unsecured and secured creditors, debtor in possession lenders, institutional investors, hedge funds and acquirers of businesses and assets.I serve hedge funds and private equity firms who are facing the following challenges:• Shifts in market due to technology and investor expectations• Operational concerns• Difficulty raising capitalNotable engagements include:• Advising the official committee of unsecured creditors of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.• Advising an ad hoc group of first lien lenders of CEC Entertainment, Inc.• Advising the DIP providers, first lien and unsecured lenders of Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.• Advising an ad hoc group of secured term loan lenders of Travelport Worldwide Ltd. in connection with the company’s out-of-court recapitalization.• Advised Constellis in a comprehensive out-of-court debt deleveraging and recapitalization transaction.• Advising an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders of Frontier Communications Corporation• Advising an ad hoc group of first lien lenders of Foresight Energy LP• Advising debtor Sanchez Energy Corporation• Advising the official committee of unsecured creditors of Sears Holdings Corporation• Advised debtor Payless Holdings LLC• Advised debtor FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.• Advised an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders of American Tire Distributors, Inc.• Advised an ad hoc group of first lien noteholders of Hexion Inc.• Advised the official committee of unsecured creditors of iHeartMedia, Inc.