Chance Hiner
Counsel
chiner@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Capital
Biography
Chance Hiner represents debtors, creditors and other stakeholders in complex chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. His experience extends across an array industries including energy, health care, pharmaceuticals and financial services.
Prior to joining Akin, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Harlin D. Hale in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Representative Work
- SVB: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, involving more than $3.4 billion in liabilities.
- Pipeline Health: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Pipeline Health and its affiliates, an independent health care network with hospitals in California, Texas and Illinois, involving more than $603 million in liabilities.
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative: Counsel to Tri-County Electric in the chapter 11 case of Brazos, an electrical generation and transmission cooperative, involving approximately $2.1 billion in liabilities.
- Just Energy: Counsel to the prepetition lenders and debtor in possession (DIP) lenders in the chapter 15 cases of Just Energy and its affiliates, a leading North American distributor of electricity & natural gas, involving more than $440 million in liabilities.
- Mallinckrodt: Counsel to the Official Committee of Opioid Related Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt and its affiliates, an American-Irish pharmaceuticals company, involving hundreds of billions of dollars of asserted claims. Restructuring of the Year (The Deal)
- Nordic Aviation Capital: Counsel to noteholders in an ad hoc group in the chapter 11 cases of Nordic Aviation Capital and its affiliates, the then-fifth largest aircraft leasing company in the world, involving $5.9 billion in liabilities.
EducationJ.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, cum laude, 2017
B.S., University of South Florida, magna cum laude, 2013
B.S., University of South Florida, summa cum laude, 2013
J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, cum laude, 2017
B.S., University of South Florida, magna cum laude, 2013
B.S., University of South Florida, summa cum laude, 2013
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Northern District of Texas
U.S.B.C., Northern District of Texas
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
Recognitions
- Large Company Turnaround (Turnaround Management Association)
- Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year - Over $1B (M&A Advisor)
Affiliations and Public Service
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member and Co-chair of Social Committee, DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Member, John C. Ford American Inn of Court
