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
- Pretium Packaging new-money financing and debt exchange
- McDermott International transaction support agreement and $475 million financing
- Franchise Group $475 million acquisition financing
- Newark Energy Center acquisition by Hartree Partners
- Diebold Nixdorf emerges from chapter 11 and WHOA and obtains chapter 15 recognition
- ATI Physical Therapy $100 million convertibles offering and recapitalization
- Revlon chapter 11 plan confirmed
- Arcade Beauty out-of-court restructuring
- Cineworld Group $855 million secured prepetition priming facility
- Incora comprehensive recapitalization transaction
- TEAM term loan amendment and debt refinancing
- Limetree Bay Terminals incremental financing transaction
- Avianca $1.05 billion DIP-to-exit financing
- Washington Prime Group emerges from bankruptcy
- Fieldwood Energy emerges from chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative $350 million DIP financing
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
- Partner, 2023-present
- Counsel, Davis Polk, 2017-2023
- 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