• Amy Caton has represented investors and creditors’ committees in many of the nation’s largest, most complex and highest-profile bankruptcies for the past 24 years. Chambers USA and Legal 500 recognize her as a leading practitioner, with sources describing her as “well versed in complex and idiosyncratic legal issues,” with “a strong understanding of the deal dynamics,” noting “she is very strategic and outmaneuvers her opponents time and again” (Chambers 2022).

    Amy’s recent high-profile representations in Chapter 11 and other restructurings include representing holders of over $3 billion of revenue bonds in Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) restructuring proceedings; holders of over $6 billion of Puerto Rico, COFINA, UPR and HTA bonds in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s restructurings; the majority bondholders of AES Puerto Rico; bank lenders to PG&E (California’s largest electric utility company); and the majority holders of over $1 billion of secured and unsecured bonds in First Energy’s restructuring.

    Amy’s high-profile leading representations in Chapter 11 and other restructurings include representing holders of over $3 billion of revenue bonds in Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) Title III proceeding; the largest original holders of over $6 billion of Puerto Rico, COFINA, UPR and HTA bonds in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s restructurings; the unsecured creditors’ committees of Hertz, the unsecured creditors’ committee of Brazos Electric, bank lenders to PG&E (California’s largest electric utility company); the majority holders of over $1 billion of secured and unsecured bonds in First Energy’s restructuring; and holders of Detroit bonds in its Chapter 9.

    Amy maintains a unique practice representing investors in the crossroads of restructuring, project finance, energy, health care, transportation and other project-related debt. She is recognized by her clients and peers as a leader in these unique workouts, which include representing investors in Enviva, Jackson Hospital, University of the Arts, Fulcrum, Maryland’s Purple Line Rail project, California Agriculture, City of Lombard (Westin), Denver Transit Partners, and Lehman Brothers Commodity Services (Main Street), among many others. 

    Amy is a member of the American College of Bankruptcy. She has been named an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer by Turnaround & Workouts three times, an American Lawyer Dealmaker of the Year, an Am Law Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week, a BTI Client Service All-Star, and a Law360 Bankruptcy MVP.

    Experience

    • Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc. - Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

    • The Hertz Corporation – Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

    • Purple Line Light Rail Project – Representation of bondholders and indenture trustee for "Purple Line" bonds issued to fund the construction of the Maryland DOT Purple Line, a 16 mile light rail project servicing the D.C. metro area and one of the largest public private partnership projects in the country.

    • CalPlant – Representation of subordinate bond indenture trustee relating to CalPlant, a public-private partnership that involves the construction of a medium density fiberboard plant in California.

    • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – Representation of Oppenheimer and Franklin as holders of PREPA bonds in lawsuit challenging Puerto Rico's proposed bankruptcy statute.

    • FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. – Representation of the holders of approximately 75 percent of the $2.2 billion in bonds issued by the coal and nuclear electricity generator.

    • City of Lombard – Representation of Nuveen Investments as largest holder of city of Lombard/Westin Hotel revenue and appropriation municipal bonds.

    • City of Detroit – Representation of an ad hoc group of bondholders holding more than $700 million in water and sewer revenue bonds, and Nuveen and BlackRock as holders of limited tax general obligation bonds in the city of Detroit bankruptcy proceeding.

    • Revel AC Inc. – Representation of ACR Bondholder Group and Bank of New York Mellon as indenture trustee in Revel Chapter 11 proceeding.

    • American Airlines – Representation of bondholders and indenture trustees for seven different airport financing structures totaling approximately $2 billion in municipal airport bonds, which resulted in renegotiated call protections from and reinstatement of $1.2 billion of secured bonds and above-par recoveries on unsecured claims in the American Airlines/USAir merger.  

    • Las Vegas Monorail – Representation of majority holders of Las Vegas Monorail revenue bonds in claims against Las Vegas Monorail and Ambac Assurance in the largest claim in Ambac Financial segregated account rehabilitation.

    • Southern Connector 2000 Association – Representation of U.S. Bank and Southern Connector bondholders as special litigation counsel for over $300 million of successfully restructured special revenue toll-road bonds in one of only five Chapter 9 proceedings in 2010.

    • Lehman Brothers – Representation of Bank of New York Mellon and over $700 million of Main Street bondholders in obtaining above-par recoveries for their claims against Lehman.

    • Jefferson County, AL – Representation of majority holders of sewer revenue bonds issued by Jefferson County in out-of-court restructuring negotiations and in FGIC rehabilitation proceedings in the second-largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy in history.

    • Santa Rosa Bay Bridge – Representation of ACA Financial Guaranty in restructuring negotiations for municipal revenue bonds issued by Santa Rosa Bay Bridge, FL.

    • General Motors Corp. – Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in GM’s successful restructuring, including leading negotiations with the U.S. Treasury on its $1 billion wind-down loan to the old GM.

    • United Airlines – Representation of banks in appellate litigation for municipal airport revenue bonds at Los Angeles International and San Francisco International airports, including in the successful 7th Circuit reversal of valuation litigation for Los Angeles airport facilities.

    • Adelphia Communications Corp. – Representation of the FrontierVision noteholder committee in recovery of full principal plus accrued interest.

    • Northwest Airlines – Representation of Citigroup Global Markets and Bank of New York Mellon in the successful litigation of settlement discussions with respect to municipal airport revenue bonds for Detroit and JFK airport facilities. 

    • Patriot Coal – Representation of the official creditors' committee in negotiation of debtor-in-possession financing facility.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1997
    • Studies in E.U. Law, Universiteit Leiden (Leiden University), 1996
    • B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1993

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2000

    Court Admissions

    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S.C.A., 1st Circuit
    • U.S.C.A., 6th Circuit
    • U.S.C.A., 7th Circuit
    • U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York
    • U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York
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