Jiaheng (John) Zhang

John’s broad experience includes representing:

Debtor/Company-Side Experience

• Office Properties Income Trust, one of the largest commercial office property REITs in the United States, in connection with its chapter 11 cases and restructuring involving a current US$2.5 billion debt structure
• CareerBuilder & Monster, as chapter 11 debtor in the District of Delaware, involving more than US$360 million of funded debt and three Section 363 sales
• Avon Products, Inc., holding company of the Avon International beauty brand, and its affiliated debtors, in connection with its chapter 11 cases, with approximately US$1.3 billion in funded debt and significant potential mass tort liabilities*
• Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of mattresses in North America, in connection with its chapter 11 case with approximately US$1.9 billion in debt obligations*
• Catalina Marketing Corporation, a digital media marketing company, in its prepackaged second chapter 11 cases with approximately US$300 million in funded debt*
• Ruby Pipeline, LLC, a developer and operator of interstate natural gas pipeline and supplier of natural gas to consumers in California, Nevada, and the Pacific Northwest, in connection with its chapter 11 case*
• PhyMed Healthcare Group, which provided outsourced anesthesiology, pain management, and critical care services to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in the United States, in the sale of substantially all of its assets*
• Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, and its affiliates, Arctic Aviation Assets DAC, in their US chapter 15 cases to obtain recognition of the restructuring of US$5.9 billion of liabilities through Irish examinership and Norwegian reconstruction proceedings*
• Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the world’s largest small engine producer and a leading US manufacturer of power generation, lawn and garden turf care, and job site products, in its successful chapter 11 case, involving over US$500 million in funded debt, and sale to KPS*
• PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States and the largest utility company in the State of California, in their chapter 11 cases. PG&E has approximately 16 million customers, 24,000 employees and estimated liabilities (including contingent and disputed liabilities) in excess of US$50 billion*

Creditor/Sponsor/Other Party Experience

• A multinational investment holding company in transactions related to debt and equity investments in a global flexible space provider, in connection with its chapter 11 cases with nearly US$4 billion in aggregate principal amount of funded debt*

M&A Transactions

• Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a SPAC sponsored by affiliates of The Gores Group and Guggenheim Capital, in its US$20 billion business combination with Polestar Performance AB*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham