Ashley Gherlone Pezzi represents debtors, creditors, sponsors, and other stakeholders across various industries in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings and distressed situations.

Prior to joining Latham, Ashley worked in the New York office of another international leading law firm on a broad array of restructuring and liability management matters.

Ashley's representative experience includes advising:

  • Anagram Holdings, LLC, et al., as debtors in their chapter 11 cases and sale process for substantially all of their assets*
  • Corp Group Banking SA, et al., as debtors in connection with their liquidating chapter 11 plan and settlement with the UCC regarding certain avoidance actions*
  • TNT Crane & Rigging, et al., as debtors in their prepackaged chapter 11 cases*
  • Pyxus International, et al., as debtors in their comprehensive balance sheet restructuring, including a two-day contested confirmation trial*
  • iHeart Media, Inc. in connection with its comprehensive exchange offers and consent solicitations, exchanging ~$4.8 billion (or 92.2%) of the Company’s existing debt*
  • CWT Travel Holdings, in a series of recapitalization transactions*
  • Ripple Industries LLC and its portfolio company in connection with their defense of a proxy exercise and subsequent restructuring*
  • Pyxus Holdings, Inc., as borrower in connection with a comprehensive debt exchange transaction*
  • Stonepeak, in connection with its C$1.6 billion recapitalization of Xplore Inc. and Xplore Inc.’s Canada Business Corporations Act process*
  • Apax Partners in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Vyaire Medical, Inc.*
  • First Reserve Corp. in connection with a strict foreclosure process and credit bid of its portfolio company and in the chapter 11 case of Cleveland Integrity Services, Inc.*
  • SkyBridge Capital, as a creditor in connection with the FTX Trading Ltd. chapter 11 cases and related adversary proceeding*
  • Phoenix Tower International, Inc. in connection with the WOM S.A. chapter 11 cases as the largest tower-lessor to WOM and as a member of the UCC*
  • A&E Television Networks, as JV partner in connection with Vice Group Holding Inc.’s chapter 11 cases*
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and revolving lender in connection with the out-of-court restructuring of Yak Access, LLC*
  • Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agents, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under LATAM Airlines Group’s US$1.1 billion DIP-to-Exit term loan facility, US$500 million DIP-to-Exit revolving facility, and certain bridge facilities*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2019
    magna cum laude, Online Executive Editor, The Georgetown Law Journal, Order of the Coif
  • BA in International Studies & English Literature, Elon University, 2016
    magna cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English