Suzzanne Uhland Partner

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1 Suzzanne Uhland Partner D: San Francisco D: Suzzanne Uhland is a partner in O Melveny s and San Francisco offices and Chair of the US Restructuring Practice. Suzzanne represents parties in Chapter 11 reorganizations and out of court restructurings and buyers and sellers in Bankruptcy Code Section 363(b) sales and other distress transactions. She also practices with the Firm s Transactions attorneys, both in bankruptcy cases and in structuring transactions to avoid bankruptcy-related risks. Suzzanne has substantial experience in bankruptcy and insolvency-related litigation, frequently working with members of O Melveny s Litigation Department. She also provides advice in bankruptcy compliance matters. Suzzanne has a significant range of experience in real estate, energy, technology, and municipal financings and restructurings. Suzzanne is consistently recognized as one of the leading restructuring lawyers in the United States. Chambers and Partners USA has recognized Suzzanne for her restructuring work over a number of years ( ). In particular Chambers recognizes Suzzanne as an extremely accomplished lawyer with excellent industry knowledge and lauds her for being exceptionally talented and smart. In addition, Suzzanne was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, was named by Orange Coast magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Orange County, and is listed in Who s Who Legal Insolvency & Restructuring in California. Admissions Bar Admissions California District of Columbia Court Admissions US District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California US District Court, Southern District of US District Court, Arizona Education Yale University, J.D., 1988: Co-Editor in Chief, Yale Journal on Regulation Stanford University, M.A., 1986 Stanford University, A.B., 1984: with distinction; Phi Beta Kappa Suzzanne has considerable experience representing: Debtors-in-possession, creditors, and DIP lenders in business chapter 11 cases of public and private companies O Melveny & Myers LLP 1

2 Private equity and hedge fund clients in distressed investments and portfolio company restructurings Financial institutions and public and private companies in connection with credit financing transactions Licensors and licensees of intellectual property in connection with preserving or acquiring intellectual property rights in distressed situations Real estate lenders, landlords, and owners, including the reorganization of one of the largest office complexes in Orange County Experience Puerto Rico's Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority in the restructuring of debt obligations of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities, including the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank Cal Dive International in its pending bankruptcy proceedings. Cal Dive was the recipient of a Turnaround Atlas Award for "Cross-Border Distressed M&A Deal of the Year" (Middlemarkets) Ad Hoc Group of First Lien lenders in Foresight Energy A major financial institution as administrative agent under the revolving credit facility in connection with the restructuring of Stone Energy Corporation Suntech Power Holdings in its bankruptcy proceedings in the US and Cayman Islands Beach Point Capital as secured creditor in the bankruptcy of Variant Holding The Ad Hoc Group of Second Lien Lenders in the bankruptcy of AMF Bowling and its affiliates Three of Gramercy Capital's distressed debt funds as leading creditors in the international reorganization of PT Berlian Laju Tanker, a shipping company based in Indonesia and Singapore Spyglass Entertainment in connection with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring New Century Financial Corporation, one of the largest subprime lenders to file chapter 11, in general bankruptcy, corporate and litigation matters as debtor in possession Saga Investments, LLC in its acquisition of the assets of decode genetics, Inc., the genetics research giant, through a section 363 sale in decode's chapter 11 case Printronix, an entity controlled by Vector Capital, in its acquisition of assets from TallyGenicom LP in TallyGenicom's chapter 11 A leading computer accessory company in its out-of-court restructuring including amending and restating its first lien credit and exchanging its second lien indebtedness and senior subordinated notes for the company's equity Advanced Marketing Services, a major distributor of books to retailers, in its chapter 11 case, including 363 sales of its two major business divisions Crow Winthrop Operating Partnership, owner of one of Orange County's largest office complexes, in its chapter 11 case Western Digital in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Read Rite Corporation and related proceedings pertaining to intellectual property license rights SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., as special litigation and corporate counsel in its chapter 11 case O Melveny & Myers LLP 2

3 Cable Internet company Excite/At Home in its chapter 11 proceeding, and the At Home Liquidating Trust in the winddown of the estate Private equity fund Harrington Partners in its bankruptcy acquisitions BNP Paribas as agent in the restructuring of US$80 million of senior and mezzanine financing of a private equity-owned company engaged in institutional furniture manufacturing Technology company Roxio, Inc. in its acquisition of the Napster assets from chapter 11 Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc., one of the nation's largest music retailers, in its chapter 11 proceeding Bourns, Inc. as the purchaser of substantially all of the assets of Micro Electronics Modules, Inc. Private equity fund Westar Capital in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of LifeCare Solutions Time Warner entities and other copyright holders in the chapter 11 case of Scour, Inc.; BNP Paribas as agent in the restructuring of US$60 million of senior financing of a privately owned skilled nursing home operator The Irvine Company as the largest landlord and member of Creditors' Committee in the Edwards Theaters chapter 11 Stremicks Heritage Foods, LLC in realizing the maximum value from its investment with a subsidiary of Parmalat SpA Premier Laser Systems, Inc., a public medical device company, in its chapter 11 case CIT Business Credit in the prepackaged chapter 11 case In re Cherokee Inc. Wells Fargo as the senior secured creditor in In re C&R Clothiers, Inc. CIT Business Credit in connection with its debtor-in-possession loans to Hexel, Inc., a California technology and manufacturing company Professional Activities Clerkships Honorable Mariana Pfaelzer, US District Court, Central District of California, Fellow American College of Bankruptcy Member Board of Governors, Financial Lawyers Conference Adjunct Professor Secured Transactions, Southwestern University School of Law, 1990 Member Yale Law School Fund Board O Melveny & Myers LLP 3

4 Speaker "Restructuring Issues in FinTech and Cryptocurrency," IWIRC on the Vine, September 2018 "Drilling Down in Oil and Oilfield Services Bankruptcies," Financial Lawyers Conference, February 2017 "International Investment in the U.S.," International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation Fall Conference, October 2016 Bankruptcy, Restructurings and Workouts, PLI Commercial Real Estate Institute, November 2015 Makewhole Mishaps, Collateral Gaps and Interest Caps, Financial Lawyers Conference, March 2015 What s Termination Got to Do With It: Termination After Sunbeam, Financial Lawyers Conference, October 2012 Workout Lenders, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, June 2012 Post-GM Ch 11: Is Nothing Sacred? California Bankruptcy Forum, May 2010 Treatment of Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy, PLI Advanced Licensing 2011 and 2010 Circuit Splits: Will Recent Decisions on Several Key Issues Result in Forum-Shopping, ABI Winter Leadership Conference, December 2009 Derivatives and Insolvency, The Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of The Bar Association of San Francisco, January 2009 Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property: When Worlds Collide, Financial Lawyers Conference, February 2006; Can It Be Done By the Numbers? Turnaround Managers Association, 2003 Spring Conference Current Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation, American Bankruptcy Institute, Bankruptcy Battleground West, 2003 Author The 1st of Several Legal Roadblocks Ahead for Puerto Rico, Law360 (July 2015) Better Watch Your Assets in Bankruptcy Sales, Financier Worldwide (March 2014) The Increased Importance of Intellectual Property in the Context of Distress and Bankruptcy, Turnaround Management Association (July 2012) Will SLVs Hold Water in Shipping Bankruptcies? Law360 (May 2012) Recent Developments Affecting Workouts of Secured Loans, 8 Pratt s J. Bankr. L. 679 (2012) When Worlds Collide: Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy Court, New Matter (Vol. 34, No. 4, 2009) Acquisition of Assets from a U.S. Company in Bankruptcy - Another Option for Overseas Merger and Acquisition for Chinese Companies (in Chinese), Capital Shanghai (April 2006) Honors & Awards Recognized by Best Lawyers 2019 for Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law in San Francisco, CA; Suzzanne has been listed in Best Lawyers since Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star for Bankruptcy (2019) O Melveny & Myers LLP 4

5 Chambers and Partners USA ( ) Legal 500 US ( ) O Melveny & Myers LLP 5