Ameneh Bordi

• Represented Intelsat S.A. and certain of its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
• Represented Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Represented Acosta, Inc. in its prepackaged restructuring of US$3 billion of indebtedness.
• Represented EXCO Resources, Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Represented Avaya Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
• Represented an ad hoc group of lenders including the petitioning creditors in the involuntary Chapter 11 case of a base metals mining corporation, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Represented subordinated noteholders in restructuring proceedings in the Cayman Islands and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Represented an ad hoc committee of senior secured lenders in connection with a prearranged restructuring through concurrent French sauvegarde, Chapter 15, and Chapter 11 proceedings of over US$2 billion in funded debt obligations, including three tranches of secured loans across its capital structure.

*The above matters were handled by Ameneh Bordi prior to joining Sidley.

Ameneh maintains an active pro bono practice. She successfully represented an immigrant victim of domestic violence in seeking permanent resident status in the United States from the initial application process for deferred action status, through the interview stage, yearly applications for work-permit renewals, and approval of permanent resident status. In addition, she was one of the volunteer attorneys organizing legal services at JFK Airport immediately following President Trump’s initial travel ban in 2017. She has also served as a volunteer lawyer in housing court and SDNY district court, and has assisted low-income residents of New York in preparing bankruptcy petitions. She has supported the firm’s pro bono partners in conducting research into Malian citizenship law in connection with an asylum application for a refugee from The Gambia and for an annual review on criminal justice reform. In addition, she has provided legal assistance to a non-profit corporation seeking to wind up its affairs.