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Meet The Attorneys In BurgerFi's Ch. 11
Meet The Attorneys In The Big Lots Ch. 11
Red Lobster Plan Confirmed, Big Lots Leads New Ch. 11s
Meet The Attorneys In BurgerFi's Ch. 11
BurgerFi International Inc., the fast casual chain that also owns Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings restaurants, has assembled a team of lawyers from Raines Feldman Littrell LLP to assist with plans to turn its business around after entering Chapter 11 protection in Delaware last week.
Meet The Attorneys In The Big Lots Ch. 11
Big Lots, a discount home goods retail chain that entered bankruptcy Monday with $556 million in secured debt, has assembled a team of lawyers from Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to assist with its plans to shutter over 300 stores and sell the remaining business.
Red Lobster Plan Confirmed, Big Lots Leads New Ch. 11s
A string of new Chapter 11 bankruptcies were recently launched in Delaware, including a case from national discount home goods retailer Big Lots, which plans to pursue a going-concern sale. Meanwhile, seafood dining chain Red Lobster is on track to hand over the reins to a new group of owners, led by a secured lender, after the debtor secured confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan.
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