Advises creditors, official and unofficial creditors’ committees and distressed investors in in-court and out-of-court restructurings, rights offerings, exchange offers and other financing and securities transactions.
Counsels public and private companies and boards emerging from bankruptcy on governance, liability management and securities compliance.
Has advised in at least 20 issuer-side and 15 purchaser-side debt and private equity placements.

Alan Feld has a diverse domestic and international practice focused on a variety of securities and corporate matters, including public registered offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, corporate finance, liability management transactions and special situations, minority investments and securities law compliance.

Alan regularly advises public and private companies on a wide variety of matters relating to:

Securities regulation
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting and disclosure issues
Stockholder meetings
Corporate governance, including under Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC and NYSE/NASDAQ rules and compliance
Securities exchange listings.

Alan also has extensive experience in the corporate and securities law aspects of highly complex financial and organizational restructurings, including by acting as counsel to companies, creditors and other investors in distressed transactions and in Chapter 11 reorganizations.

Earlier in his career, Alan practiced in Buenos Aires with another leading international law firm. He has extensive experience with Latin American and emerging markets’ corporate and capital markets transactions, and has represented foreign private and state-owned companies, sovereign states and domestic issuers, investment banks and private equity sponsors, including in connection with domestic and international initial public and high-yield offerings and American Depository Receipt programs.

Representative Work

Counseled an ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with a rights offering and ultimately an acquisition of assets of an energy company in a Chapter 11 proceeding through a newly formed acquisition entity.. Negotiated novel governance provisions for this entity typically reserved for limited liability company structures.
Advises Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed dry bulk shipping company, in connection with its corporate governance and securities matters, including in connection with a comprehensive balance sheet recapitalization, corporate reorganization and various equity private placements.
Represented a significant investor in a private lighting technology company faced with a potential loan default under its debt obligations. Structured an exchange offer and consent solicitation that successfully improved the liquidity of the company and put the client in a positive investment position.
Advised DynCorp International, Inc., a global government services provider, on an exchange offer and consent solicitation as part of a comprehensive refinancing of outstanding secured and unsecured indebtedness to extend maturities.