Chad M. Nichols

Chad Nichols is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he is a member of the firm's Finance Practice Group and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group.

Chad represents public and private companies, portfolio companies, investment funds and other financial institutions with a particular focus on the energy industry in private equity financings, special situations, distressed and restructuring financings. He has extensive experience with debtor-in-possession, rescue, asset-based lending, mezzanine financing, investment-grade lending, and subordinated debt financing transactions.

Representative Clients and Transactions:

• Represented an ad hoc group of term lenders in the $1.17 billion out-of-court debt restructuring of AccentCare, extending their debt maturities and refinancing their revolving credit facility.
• Represented an ad hoc group of term lenders in the $778 million out-of-court debt restructuring of Elevate Textiles.
• Advised the ad hoc cross-holder group of term loan lenders and noteholders on the comprehensive cross-border recapitalization of Venator Materials PLC, a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, through a prepackaged Chapter 11 process.
• Represented an ad hoc group of secured lenders in connection with the $20 billion out-of-court debt restructuring of Lumen Technologies, an international facilities-based technology and communications company.
• Represented an ad hoc group of term lenders to Phoenix Services in their $532 million Chapter 11 reorganization.
• Advised RXR Realty LLC in the distressed acquisition of View Inc. with its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan and take-private transaction by Cantor Fitzgerald LP.
• Advised an ad hoc group of term lenders to Monarch Alternative Capital LP, on the financing aspects in Mohari Hospitality’s acquisition of TAO Group Hospitality.
• Advised Forum Energy Technologies, a global oilfield products provider, on its $200 million acquisition of Variperm Energy Services, a Canadian sand and flow control products company.

Chad received his Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude. He received his Masters in Accounting from the University of Southern California, with honors, and his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia, magna cum laude. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Chad was a partner at a major law firm.

Capabilities

• Finance
• Business Restructuring and Reorganization
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Liability Management and Special Situations
• Oil and Gas
• Power and Renewables
• Private Equity

Credentials

Education:

• Northwestern University - 2012 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
• Northwestern University - 2012 Juris Doctor
• University of Southern California - 2005 Master of Accounting
• University of Missouri - 2004 B.S. Business Administration

Admissions:

• Texas Bar