Kimberly N. Pageau

Kimberly Pageau helps businesses, creditors, and investors navigate complex restructuring and bankruptcy matters, both in and out of court. She represents companies, creditors, committees, distressed asset purchasers, and individual lenders in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, debt restructurings, and strategic transactions across various industries, including cryptocurrency, consumer goods, and oil & gas.

Kimberly provides practical legal guidance on credit agreements, security interests, and restructuring options, helping clients assess risks and opportunities. Throughout her career, Kimberly has developed a keen ability to identify and address key corporate governance concerns, ensuring that transactions are structured to minimize risks and maximize value. Her proactive approach to early-stage restructuring preparation, combined with her in-depth knowledge of bankruptcy law, allows her to deliver exceptional results in challenging financial environments.

• American Bankruptcy Institute 
• Turnaround Management Association - Member

Kimberly’s representative matters include:

• Representation of Foris Ventures, LLC and certain affiliated entities, as prepetition lenders, DIP lenders, and plan sponsors the chapter 11 cases of Amyris, Inc. and its affiliates, which successfully discharged approximately $1 billion of secured and unsecured debt, renegotiated key customer contracts, streamlined manufacturing operations, and funded $190 million of new capital for reorganized Amyris’ operations.*
• Representation of official committee of unsecured creditors in UpHealth Holdings, Inc. chapter 11 proceedings.*
• Representation of official committee of unsecured creditors in Novan, Inc. chapter 11 proceedings.*
• Representation of one of the largest cryptocurrency-based finance platforms in the world and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.*
• Representation of a leading business travel management company and 37 of its affiliates in the fastest cross-border prepackaged chapter 11 filing.*
• Representation of a restaurant company in its chapter 15 proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District Texas for recognition of proceedings in the UK in connection with its restructuring plan under the new Part 26A of the Companies Act of 2006.*
• Representation of an on-demand office and co-working space provider and approximately 100 other debtor affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.*
• Representation of a provider of educational travel experiences both domestically abroad and its affiliates in their prepackaged chapter 11 cases to restructure more than $768 million of funded indebtedness.*
• Representation of a specialty generic pharmaceuticals company with approximately $861.7 million of funded indebtedness their chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.*
• Representation of one of the largest oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in Wyoming and its affiliates their prepackaged chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and a parallel Canadian recognition proceeding filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon.*
• Representation of a large department store retail chain and 17 of its affiliates in prearranged chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.*
• Representation of an iconic luxury retailer and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.*
• Representation of a retailer of general merchandise, including clothing, accessories, electronics, home furnishings, as well as company-operated pharmacy and optical-services departments and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska.*
• Representation of an oil and natural gas exploration, exploitation, acquisition, development and production company and its affiliates with approximately $1.4 billion in funded debt obligations in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Porzio, Bromberg & Newman