Patrick Venter

PATRICK VENTER focuses his practice on advising large private and public companies, creditors, and investors in highly complex restructuring transactions.

Prior to joining Sidley, Patrick was an associate at another top global law firm where he coordinated Chapter 11 restructurings for top communications, energy, and retail companies. He also has experience advising clients on various out-of-court transactions, acquisitions, and distressed investments.

Patrick received his J.D. from Boston College Law School, and his B.S. in business administration/economics from Villanova University School of Business. While attending law school, Patrick served as the managing editor of the Boston College Law Review.

Debtor Representations

• Twin Star International, Inc., as the stalking horse bidder, in its purchase of substantially all the assets of Walker Edison Furniture Company, LLC in connection with Walker Edison’s Chapter 11 proceedings (pending).
• Merit Street Media, Inc., a Texas-based television and digital media company, in its Chapter 11 filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, and in the successful negotiation of US$21.4 million in debtor-in-possession financing.
• Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (Prospect) and several of its subsidiaries in its ongoing Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. With over US$2.2 billion in outstanding funded debt, Prospect’s Chapter 11 cases are among the largest filed in 2025 (pending).
• California-headquartered Velo3D, Inc. (OTCQX: VLDX), a leader in scalable metal 3D printing technology, in connection with a debt for equity exchange transaction with Arrayed Notes Acquisition Corp.
• Casa Systems, Inc., and certain of its affiliates, in their Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• AppHarvest, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their pending Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Frontier Communications Corporation and its 103 debtor subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• RGN-Group Holdings, LLC, and approximately 100 other debtor affiliates (Regus) in their Chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• PES Holdings, LLC in its Chapter 11 cases initiated in July 2019, four weeks after a catastrophic explosion at PES’s Girard Point refining complex that resulted in a permanent shutdown of PES’s refining operations.
• Parker Drilling Company and certain of its affiliates in connection with their prearranged Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• PES Holdings, LLC in its prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
• Energy Future Holdings Corp. and 70 of its affiliates (collectively, “EFH”) in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Additional Representations

• A national automotive collision repair company and certain of its affiliates in an out-of-court restructuring transaction.
• A pipeline and power line inspection service corporation and its subsidiaries in connection with its out-of-court restructuring.
• A consortium of bidders in their stalking horse bid to purchase certain assets of a national restaurant franchisee, and its debtor affiliates through a Chapter 11 sale under section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Patrick is the co-founder and Vice Chair of Leadership in Financial Education, a nonprofit that provides innovative and experiential workshop learning to New York City high school students.