Juliana Hoffman
Counsel
jhoffman@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Capital
Biography
- Advises clients on financial restructuring matters, including chapter 11 proceedings, cross-border restructurings and out-of-court workouts.
Juliana represents debtors, creditors, secured lender groups, debtor in possession (DIP) lenders, institutional investors, alternative investment management firms, official and unofficial creditor groups and other parties on a wide range of complex financial restructuring matters.
Prior to joining Akin, Juliana practiced at another leading global law firm in its Dallas and New York offices. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Barbara J. Houser, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Representative Work
- CareMax Inc.: Counsel to CareMax Inc. and affiliates in their prearranged chapter 11 cases in the Northern District of Texas, which encompassed asset and equity sales of the company’s management services organization and clinical care centers.
- Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc.: Counsel to Reverse Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. and its subsidiaries in the restructuring of over $1.4 billion in funded debt obligations. The fully consensual chapter 11 plan encompassed a novel settlement that provided the Company’s sponsor and directors and officers broad mutual releases from the estate.
- Legacy Reserves Inc.: Counsel to Legacy Reserves Inc. in the restructuring of its $1.4 billion of funded debt.
- GVS Texas Holdings I, LLC: Counsel to GVS Texas Holdings I, LLC and affiliates in their chapter 11 cases which provided for payment in full of all creditors, and a return to equity funded by a $588 million asset sale.
- Wave Computing, Inc.: Counsel to Wave Computing, Inc. in its chapter 11 sale to an affiliate of Tallwood Venture Capital. This restructuring was recognized as the “Information Technology Deal of the Year” at The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Turnaround Awards in 2021.
- Hooters of America, LLC: Counsel to DIP lender in the pending chapter 11 cases of Hooters of America, LLC and certain of its affiliates.
- Sunac China Holdings Limited: Counsel to the Foreign Representative of Sunac China Holdings Limited in the restructuring of its $10.2 billion of offshore debt. The complex transaction was implemented through a scheme of arrangement in Hong Kong and parallel chapter 15 recognition proceedings.
EducationJ.D., Washington University School of Law, 2017
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, University of Oregon, summa cum laude, 2014
J.D., Washington University School of Law, 2017
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, University of Oregon, summa cum laude, 2014
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Northern District of Texas
U.S.B.C., Northern District of Texas
Bar AdmissionsNew York
Texas
New York
Texas
Recognitions
- Information Technology Deal of the Year.
- The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Turnaround Awards, 2021.
- The M&A Advisor’s 16th Annual Turnaround Awards.
Affiliations and Public Service
- Turnaround Management Association.
- Dallas Bar Association.
Speeches and Publications
- Co-author, “A Tale of Two Chapters – ‘Recognizing’ the Significant Differences Between Chapter 15 and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases,” Client Update.
- Host, “The Weinstein Company Bankruptcy: Part 2 – Under New Management”, The Restructuring Room, The Podcast.
- Host, “The Weinstein Company Bankruptcy: Part 1 – Insights from Inside,” The Restructuring Room, The Podcast.
- Co-author, “Hot Topics in Healthcare? What Happens When Stimulus Money Dries Up,” 41st Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference.
- Co-author, “Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules That Midstream Gathering Agreements Failed to Create Covenants Running with the Land,” Client Update.
- Co-author, “Texas Court Undercuts Sabine, Holding Gathering Agreements Cannot Be Rejected,” Client Update.
