Sean T. Scott

Sean’s representative matters include:

• International Pizza Hut Franchise Holder Association, as one of three members on the official committee of unsecured creditors, in the Chapter 11 cases of NPC International Inc. and its affiliates pending before Judge Jones in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
• Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as sole structuring agent and lead left arranger and bookrunner, and Goldman Sachs Bank, as administrative agent, on a first-of-its-kind $6.8 billion financing consisting of $3.8 billion of senior secured high yield bonds and $3 billion of senior secured institutional term loans to MileagePlus Holdings, LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of United Airlines, Inc., with each of the loans and bonds secured by United Airlines’ loyalty program, MileagePlus, and subject to a parent guarantee by United Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Holding Inc. and guarantees by certain other subsidiaries of United. This innovative transaction involved the contribution of intellectual property of the MileagePlus program to a newly formed offshore subsidiary that was structured to be bankruptcy remote.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LP, as administrative agent and term loan lender, to The Paper Store LLC with respect to a restructuring involving over $100 million of prepetition debt.
• School Specialty, Inc., a leading provider of educational products and services to the Pre-K- 12th grade market in the U.S. and Canada, in its successful out-of-court restructuring of more than $300 million of debt and consensual sale of substantially all of its assets to an entity formed by TCW Asset Management Company, LLC, Cerberus Capital Management, and Lantern Capital Partners.
• The board of directors of Macy’s, Inc., a publicly traded retailer with sales of $24.6 billion, in connection with a new $3 billion ABL facility and $1.3 billion secured bond issuance.
• The prepetition administrative agent and DIP agent for the senior lenders to EP Energy, Inc. in connection with its bankruptcy filing to restructure in excess of $4 billion in funded debt.
• A large U.S. financial institution and a premier loan agency service company, as agents for syndicates of banks, in connection with the workout, restructuring and multijurisdictional insolvency cases of Waypoint Leasing Holdings Ltd. and its various subsidiaries. This deal was awarded “Restructuring of the Year ($1B to $10B)” at the 2019 M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards.
• The predecessors in title to Memorial Production Partners with respect to a $150 million dispute over a decommissioning trust relating to oil and gas operations offshore of the Port of Long Beach, California, currently on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• The administrative agent for a $1 billion prepetition first lien facility in the Chapter 11 cases of Samson Resources Group and its affiliates, which prior to its filing in 2016 had been the largest independent upstream oil and gas company in the United States.
• The administrative agent and lender in connection with restructuring of multiple secured credit facilities representing more than $2 billion in secured debt of Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company.
• A corporate trustee in connection with a proceeding pursuant to Article 77 of New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules to approve a $5 billion global RMBS settlement.
• The administrative agent and lenders in a debt-for-equity swap leading to the acquisition of Tuscany International Drilling Inc., an oil rig owner and operator, pursuant to its confirmed Chapter 11 plan.
• A prepetition lender and clearing bank in connection with a $300 million secured claim in the Chapter 11 case of Sentinel Management Group, Inc.
• A major automotive supplier in its acquisition in the Delphi bankruptcy of certain assets and inventory.
• Carrington Capital Management, LLC, and Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, in their $180 million acquisition of the mortgage loan servicing business of New Century Mortgage Corporation.

Washington University, BA, with College Honors
Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha

University of Notre Dame Law School, JD, magna cum laude
Articles Editor, Notre Dame Law Review

Barreau

• Illinois

Tribunal

• US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

• Mentor, Chicago Youth Centers, 2004 to date
• Student Advisor, American Constitutional Law Program, Northside College Preparatory High School, 2003-2008
• Member, Associate Board, American Cancer Society, Illinois Division, 2006-2007