Christian Fischer
Lawyers
Advises clients on the financing aspects of restructuring matters, including out-of-court and in-court restructurings and liability management transactions.
With a focus on restructuring finance, Christian represents funds, banks, financial institutions and other parties on a broad range of matters. These include prepackaged, pre-arranged and free-fall bankruptcies, debtor-in-possession facilities and exit financings, out-of-court debt restructurings, debt document amendments, and special opportunity and liability management transactions.
Experience highlights
Selected Representations
- Ferrellgas Partners emerges from chapter 11 and refinances $2.5 billion
- Chesapeake Energy $1 billion notes offering
- Chesapeake Energy commences restructuring under chapter 11
- American Commercial Lines prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring and DIP financing
- Fieldwood Energy emergence from chapter 11
- Dixie Electric chapter 11 plan of reorganization
- Cloud Peak Energy emerges from chapter 11
- Expro chapter 11 plan of reorganization
- Fusion Connect emerges from chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Murray Energy refinancing
- Nine West chapter 11 restructuring and DIP financing
- Confirmation of Philadelphia Energy chapter 11 plan of reorganization
- $2.1 billion restructuring of Sable Permian Resources
- Toys “R” Us $2.3 billion DIP financing
- Ultra Petroleum private notes exchange
Education
Ph.D., Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Institute for Law and Finance
- summa cum laude
LL.M., New York University School of Law
- Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar
Professional history
- Counsel, Davis Polk, 2017-present
- Counsel, Simpson Thacher, 2015-2017
- Associate, Simpson Thacher, 2011-2014
- Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 2008-2011
- Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2005-2008
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York