Senior Managing Associate

Juliana Hoffman

Restructuring

jhoffman@sidley.com

New York +1 212 839 5743

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JULIANA HOFFMAN focuses her practice on bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Prior to joining Sidley, she was a clerk for The Honorable Barbara J. Houser of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas. Juliana was part of the Sidley team that was recognized for the restructuring of Wave Computing, Inc. as the “Information Technology Deal of the Year” at The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Turnaround Awards in 2021.

Juliana earned her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Oregon, summa cum laude. While attending law school, she served as an executive board member for the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition and was an intern in the Enforcement Division at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Experience

Represented Sunac China Holdings Limited, a Chinese property developer, in the restructuring of its US$10.2 billion of offshore debt. The complex transaction was implemented through a scheme of arrangement in Hong Kong, which was sanctioned on October 5, 2023, and parallel Chapter 15 recognition proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Represented Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. (RMIT) and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. With over US$1.4 billion in funded debt obligations, RMIT’s Chapter 11 cases were among the largest filed in 2022. As part of the transactions approved by the Bankruptcy Court, the Company’s sponsor and the official committee of unsecured creditors agreed to a novel settlement whereby in exchange for an additional US$15 million in DIP financing and the waiver of recovery as to certain claims, the sponsor and the Company’s directors and officers received broad mutual releases from the estate. The Company’s fully consensual Chapter 11 plan was confirmed (Del.).
Represented publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company Legacy Reserves Inc. in the restructuring of its US$1.4 billion of funded debt in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Represented Chinese real estate developer Modern Land (China) Co., Limited in the restructuring of its US$1.34 billion offshore dollar-denominated notes. The complex transaction was implemented through a scheme of arrangement in the Cayman Islands and parallel recognition proceedings under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (SDNY).
Represented self-storage facility operator GVS Texas Holdings I, LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. The court confirmed GVS’ Chapter 11 plan, which provided for payment in full of all creditors, and a return to equity funded by a US$588 million asset sale.
Represented Ares Capital Corporation, as agent for a US$270 million senior secured term loan facility for Vista Proppants and Logistics, LLC, a provider of frac sand solutions for oil and gas well completions. The Ares-led lender group provided DIP financing to Vista and ultimately received, among other things, substantially all of the equity in reorganized Vista.
Represented Wave Computing, Inc., an artificial intelligence IP developer, in its Chapter 11 sale to an affiliate of Tallwood Venture Capital in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. This restructuring was recognized as the “Information Technology Deal of the Year” at The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Turnaround Awards in 2021.
Represented the statutory committee of unsecured creditors in Highland Capital Management, L.P.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This highly contentious and complicated case received significant publicity and was named “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (between $500 million and $1 billion)” at The M&A Advisor’s 16th Annual Turnaround Awards.
Represented Macquarie Energy in connection with the bankruptcy case of Lincoln Power, a Carlyle Group Inc. subsidiary, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2023 after PJM Interconnection levied nearly US$39 million in nonperformance penalties against its gas-fired, 500-MW Elgin Energy Center and 402-MW Rocky Road facilities.
Successfully guided Anthelion Capital Holdings (formerly known as Cowen Sustainable Investments) through the acquisition of the Energy business unit of integrated electric bus and commercial vehicle power train manufacturer Proterra Inc. (Del.).
Represented Amerijet International Airlines and certain of its affiliates and subsidiaries in connection with their comprehensive financial and operational restructuring.
Represented a global investment banking and financial services group, as agent, in the successful out-of-court restructuring of its loans to the owner of two gas-generated power facilities in Maryland.
Represented Fifth Star, Inc. as DIP lender and Plan sponsor in the reorganization of PARTS iD, Inc. (f/k/a ID Auto, Inc.), a Cranbury, NJ-based digital commerce company that sells automotive parts and accessories through its proprietary platforms.

International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

U.S. District Court, N.D. of Texas
U.S. District Court, S.D. of Texas
New York
Texas

Education

Washington University School of Law, J.D., 2017
University of Oregon, B.A., 2014 (summa cum laude)

Clerkships

Barbara J. Houser, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. of Texas (2017 - 2019)