Kevin M. Eide
Senior Counsel
keide@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Media, Entertainment & Sports
- Film, Television & Digital Media
- Renewable Energy
- Geothermal
- Private Capital
Biography
- Focuses on financial restructuring matters.
Kevin Eide represents official and unofficial creditors’ committees, noteholders, lenders, debtors, liquidating trusts and other parties in interest in large, complex cases. He has represented clients in a number of industries, including energy, shipping, healthcare and media and entertainment.
While in law school, Kevin served as a judicial extern to the Honorable William Wayne Justice of the United States District Court for the Western 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.
- Casa Systems: Counsel to an ad hoc group of lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Casa Systems, a telecommunications solutions company, involving approximately $200 million of liabilities.
- Crédito Real: Counsel to an ad hoc group of unsecured noteholders and lenders in the restructuring of Crédito Real and its affiliates, a Mexican nonbank financial institution, involving more than $2 billion in liabilities.
- Limetree Bay Refining: Counsel to an ad hoc term lender group in the chapter 11 cases of Limetree Bay Refining and its affiliates, a U.S. Virgin Islands-based oil refinery, involving approximately $1 billion in liabilities. Section 363 Sale of the Year $50MM to $100MM (M&A Advisor)
- Just Energy: Counsel to the prepetition lenders and DIP lenders in the CCAA and 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.
- Pacific Drilling S.A.: Counsel to an ad hoc group of secured noteholders in the second chapter 11 cases of Pacific Drilling and its affiliates, an offshore ultra-deepwater drilling company, involving $1.1 billion in liabilities. Energy Deal of the Year (The M&A Advisor)
EducationJ.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2008
B.A., University of Minnesota, 2002
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2008
B.A., University of Minnesota, 2002
Bar AdmissionsCalifornia
District of Columbia
California
District of Columbia
