Alex Paul Cohen

Alex received his J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers, from SMU Dedman School of Law, where he served as Comments Editor for the SMU Law Review Association and won numerous moot court titles, including national Best Advocate at the 25th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. Alex also previously coached SMU’s Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court team to a national championship. Prior to joining Weil, Alex served as a judicial law clerk for The Honorable Ronald B. King, Chief Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.

Alex has been a member of teams representing various parties in a number of in-court restructurings and other matters, including:

Debtor/Company-Side Experience:

• DRF Logistics, LLC and DRF, LLC, Pitney Bowes’ global ecommerce segment, which provides domestic ecommerce parcel services, including delivery and returns, as well as cross-border logistics, in connection with their chapter 11 cases.
• Regis Corporation, a leader in the haircare industry and franchisor of major salon brands, including Supercuts, in connection with the successful refinancing of the Company’s new senior secured credit facility with TCW Asset Management Company LLC and Midcap Financial Trust. The transaction includes a $105 million term loan that replaced Regis’s existing debt, reduced outstanding indebtedness by more than $80 million and will save approximately $7 million in cash interest annually and left public equity holders in place and unimpaired.
• Air Methods Corporation, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, in connection with its prepackaged chapter 11 cases, resulting in a $1.7 billion deleveraging.
• Regis Corporation, a leader in the haircare industry and franchisor of major salon brands, including Supercuts, in connection with the refinancing and conversion of its existing revolving credit facility to a $180 million term loan and $55 million revolving credit facility.
• Scandinavian Airlines, a publicly traded airline based in Sweden in connection with its global restructuring and chapter 11 reorganization.
• Redbox Entertainment in connection with its financing efforts and merger with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.
• CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., one of the largest mall owners in the United States, in connection with the restructuring of more than $4 billion of obligations.
• 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Inc. and its debtor-affiliates in their chapter 11 cases involving approximately $1.4 billion of funded debt. 24 Hour Fitness is a leading fitness club operator with locations across the United States and more than 3 million members.
• RentPath Holdings, Inc. and its debtor-affiliates, one of the nation’s largest apartment rental and digital marketing solutions companies with approximately $700 million in debt, in connection with their prearranged chapter 11 cases and sale to Redfin Corporation for $608 million.
• Insys Therapeutics, Inc. and its six subsidiaries, a specialty pharmaceutical company, in their chapter 11 cases in the face of hundreds of lawsuits related to the opioid crisis (Insys was the first opioid manufacturer to file for chapter 11).

Creditor/Acquiror/Other Experience:

• 99 Cents Only Stores, a discount retailer, in connection with chapter 11 cases, as counsel to an ad hoc group of secured noteholders.
• Cazoo Group Ltd., the UK’s leading independent online car retailer, as counsel to an ad hoc group of convertible noteholders, in connection with an out-of-court restructuring involving cancellation of $630 million of convertible notes in exchange for (i) $200 million of new senior secured notes and (ii) 92% of Cazoo’s post-reorganization common equity, among other consideration.
• Compute North, LLC, a provider of bitcoin mining hosting services, as counsel to Marathon Digital Holdings, a large, publicly traded bitcoin mining company, as the largest unsecured creditor, customer, and preferred equity investor in Compute North’s chapter 11 cases.
• Sequential Brands Group, Inc., owner of a diversified portfolio of consumer brands, as counsel to a purchaser of assets, including “Joe’s Jeans” brand, pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
• LATAM Airlines, Latin America’s leading airline group, as counsel to Apollo Global Management and affiliated funds, Tranche B DIP Lender in connection with LATAM’s multi-tranche DIP financing totaling more than $3.1 billion in the aggregate.
• Bumble Bee Tuna, a major North American packaged foods company, in connection with its chapter 11 cases, as counsel to Brookfield as Term Loan Agent, DIP Term Loan Agent and Lenders, including the ~$1 billion sale of Bumble Bee Tuna to its largest supplier.
• Advantage Holdco Inc. (a/k/a Advantage Rent-a-Car), a major rental car operator, as counsel to Sixt Rent a Car LLC in connection with its acquisition of assets pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.