
Profile
Nathan Haynes focuses on special situations and distressed mergers and acquisitions.
Nathan has restructuring experience in numerous industries, with a focus on the airline, real estate, timeshare, and retail sectors.
Concentrations
- Special situations M&A
- Strategic alternatives
- Highly leveraged and de-leveraging transactions
- Recapitalizations and re-financings
Capabilities
Experience
- Bank syndicate in the restructuring of $2 billion credit facility of international resort operation.
- Senior lender in global restructuring of a timeshare development enterprise.
- Barclays Bank, PLC as DIP lender and new-money investor in Chapter 11 cases involving resort and residential properties on Lake Tahoe.
- Numerous developers and real estate funds in the acquisition of distressed properties.
- Bank syndicate in the restructuring of $2 billion credit facility of an international resort operation.
- Senior pre-petition and DIP lenders and plan sponsor in LandSource Communities Development, LLC Chapter 11 case, where over $1.2 billion in debt was restructured and $259 million of new capital was raised.
- Barclays Bank, PLC as senior lender in acquiring the Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. real estate portfolio from the borrower, a Morgan Stanley real estate fund.
- Represented Barclays Bank, PLC as DIP lender and new-money investor in Chapter 11 cases involving resort and residential properties on Lake Tahoe.
- Investec Bank in the financial restructuring of a coal mining operation.
- DirectBuy, Inc. in the out-of-court restructuring of $330 million in debt facilities.
- Lodgian Inc. in its Chapter 11 case, where the debtor, one of the largest hotel owners and operators in the country at that time, successfully reorganized.
- Casual Male, Inc. in its Chapter 11 case, where the debtor, a clothing retailer, sold all of its assets in two sales for total consideration of approximately $180 million.
- Bradlees Stores, Inc., a major East Coast retailer, in its Chapter 11 case.
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. in its Chapter 11 case, where over $13 billion in debt was restructured.
- Three different regional airlines in preparation for potential Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings.
- Raven Capital Management in the acquisition of the film distribution rights out of the Open Road Films bankruptcy proceeding.
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. in its Chapter 11 case, where over $13 billion in debt was restructured.
- Bear, Stearns & Co. and its affiliates in potential emergency Chapter 11 filing.
- Lodgian Inc. in its Chapter 11 case, where the debtor, one of the largest hotel owners and operators in the country at that time, successfully reorganized.
- Bradlees Stores, Inc., a major East Coast retailer, in its Chapter 11 case.
- Major creditor and former board member in avoidance action/claims litigation in the Adelphia Communications Corp. Chapter 11 cases.
- Senior pre-petition and DIP lenders and plan sponsor in LandSource Communities Development, LLC Chapter 11 case, where over $1.2 billion in debt was restructured and $259 million of new capital was raised.
- Investec Bank (UK) Limited in obtaining full and prompt payment of senior loan in connection with the Chapter 11 case of a Utah copper mining company.
- Barclays Bank, PLC as DIP lender and new-money investor in Chapter 11 cases involving resort and residential properties on Lake Tahoe.
- Three different regional airlines in preparation for potential Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings.
°Some of the above matters were handled by Mr. Haynes prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Sergeant, United States Marine Corps Reserves (former)
- Eagle Scout
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2022
- Member, Winning Team, U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" in Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency & Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2013
- Listed, The M&A Advisor, "40 Under 40 East" Award, 2012
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New York Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," 2011-2012
- Member, teams working on deals that received the following awards:
- The M&A Advisor "Distressed M&A Deal of the Year ($75MM to $100 MM)," 2020
- Global M&A Network "Restructuring Deal of the Year (Mid-Market)," 2019
- Global M&A Network "Entertainment Services Restructuring of the Year," 2017
- Global M&A Network "Chapter 11 Reorganization of The Year," 2010
- The M&A Advisor "Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year," 2008
- The M&A Advisor "Consumer Products and Services Turnaround Deal of the Year," 2008
- The M&A Forum "Turnaround Deal of The Year," 2008
Credentials
Education
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J.D., magna cum laude, Pace University School of Law, 1998
- Editor-in-Chief, Pace Law Review
- B.S., cum laude, Northeastern University, 1995
Admissions
- New York