Christopher B. Wick

Christopher B. Wick chairs the firm’s Commercial Services & Restructuring Practice Group. Chris specializes in corporate restructuring and bankruptcy and focuses his practice on corporate reorganizations, workouts, debtors’ and creditors’ rights and corporate transactions across the United States.  He has represented parties in the restructuring, reorganization or sale of complex business in various industries, including energy, automotive, agriculture, telecommunications, logistics, manufacturing, real estate and steel.  He also has a broad range of transactional experience and has advised clients in connection with a variety of DIP financing facilities, recapitalization transactions and asset dispositions and acquisitions.  Chris also has extensive experience in commercial loan enforcement.

Chris has substantial experience representing and advising companies, buyers and investors in all aspects of distressed and insolvency situations. He counsels boards of directors, chief executive offices and other members of senior management with respect to their duties and obligations to and exposures in connection with financially challenged companies.

Accolades

• In re Windstream Holdings, Inc. al., Case No. 19-22312, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York – Represent Crown Castle as a member of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, including the negotiation of an $11.8 million cure claim dispute arising out of the debtors’ desire to continue their relationship with Crown Castle.
• In re Alpha Entertainment, LLC; Case No. 20-10940 – United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware – Represent Crown Castle in an executory contract rejection dispute.
• In re Frontier Communications Corporation, et. al.; Case No. 20-22476, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York – Represent Crown Castle as a general unsecured trade creditor in the bankruptcy case of a national provider of telecommunications services in 29 states and the country’s fourth largest incumbent local exchange carrier (“ILEC”).
• In re Speedcast International Limited, et. al.; Case No. 20-32243, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas – Represent Crown Castle in chapter 11 bankruptcy of satellite technology company, including the assumption of Crown Castle’s executory contracts and payment of its cure claim.
• In re Point.360; Case No. 17-22432; United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California – Represent Crown Castle Fiber in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of a video post-production company, including the assumption of Crown Castle’s executory contracts and payment of significant unpaid invoices.
• In re Limitless Mobile, LLC, Case No. 16-12685, United States Bankruptcy Court of Delaware – Represent cell phone tower provider in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of a rural wireless provider in Harrisburg, PA, including position on the official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Post Confirmation Liquidating Trust.
• In re D&L Energy Inc., Case No. 13-40813, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio – Represents an oil and gas exploration and production company participating in certain joint ventures with the debtor entity, which has undertaken an effort to sell its assets.
• In re Casa Media Partners, LLC; case 15-16741; U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Southern District of Florida.
• Arch Coal, Inc. case No. 16-40120, U.S., Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.
• Ariana Energy, LLC, case No. 14-51199-6RS, U.S. Bankruptcy Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington.
• In re Stelera Wireless LLC, Case No. 13-13267, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma – Represents a cell phone tower provider in the liquidation of a rural wireless communications network.
• In re Evans Oil Company, et. al., Case No. 9:11 – bk – 01515, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida – Represented Debtors in the restructuring of $35 million of secured debt and sale of the business entities.
• In re Maritime Communications/Land Mobile, LLC Case No: 11-13463; United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi – Represents a cell phone tower provider in the sale of a wireless communications network.
• In re Arts Dairy LLC, Case No. 09-32386, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio – Representing the secured lender to dairy farm operations of several-million-dollar credit.
• AgStar Financial Services, FLCA. Plaintiffs in several Federal Court foreclosures and receiverships in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and Northern District of Indiana.
• In re Metalworks et. al., Case No. CV-09-687448, Cuyahoga County Ohio Court of Common Pleas – Represented a Tier 2 automotive supplier company in its restructuring and ultimate payout of its secured lender’s $35 million debt. In March 2009, filed state court dissolution proceeding to effectuate the sale of remaining assets, resulting in a substantial recovery for unsecured creditors.
• In re Zohar Waterworks, LLC, Case No. 09-11179, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware – Represented a privately held leasing firm in Delaware Chapter 11 case in which the debtor had leased assets from a $20 million sale leaseback transaction.
• In re Kiebler Recreation LLC, Case No. 10-15099, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio – Represented the unsecured creditors’ committee in a New York located ski resort.
• Advantage Renovations, Inc. v. Maui Sands Resort Co., LLC, Case No. 08-CV0894 in the Erie County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas – Represent receiver of a failed water park/hotel resort.
• Other Chapter 11 bankruptcy representations include Nippon Electric Glass America, Inc. (Debtor); Horizon PCS Inc. (trade creditor, unsecured creditors’ committee); Weirton Steel Corporation (trade creditor, unsecured creditors’ committee member); Republic Engineered Products (secured lenders); Quaker City Castings (unsecured creditors’ committee); Ohio Cast Products (unsecured creditors’ committee); and National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. (litigant/creditor).
• Recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy representations also include Nippon Electric Glass America, Inc. (Debtor); Horizon PCS, Inc. (trade creditor, unsecured creditors’ committee); Weirton Steel Corporation (trade creditor, unsecured creditors’ committee member); Republic Engineered Products (secured lenders); Quaker City Castings (unsecured creditors’ committee); Ohio Cast Products (unsecured creditors’ committee); and National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc. (Litigant/Creditor).

• Christopher B. Wick Selected for Leadership Cleveland Class of 2025
  July 16, 2024
• Ohio Super Lawyers® 2024 Honors 28 Hahn Loeser Attorneys, including Two on “Top Lists”
  December 29, 2023
• Best Lawyers Recognizes 87 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Across 53 Specialties
  August 17, 2023
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP and 14 Attorneys Honored in 2023 Release of Chambers USA for 21st Consecutive Year
  June 01, 2023
• Hahn Loeser & Parks Names Christopher Wick Commercial Services & Restructuring Group Chair
  April 03, 2023
• Ohio Super Lawyers® 2023 Recognizes 27 Hahn Loeser Attorneys, Including Two on “Top Lists”
  December 30, 2022
• Best Lawyers Recognizes 75 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Across 45 Specialties
  August 18, 2022
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP and 11 Attorneys Honored in 2022 Release of Chambers USA® for 20th Straight Year
  June 01, 2022
• Ohio Super Lawyers® 2022 Recognize 26 Hahn Loeser Attorneys, including Four on “Top Lists”
  December 30, 2021
• Seventy-One Hahn Loeser Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers Across Forty-Seven Specialties
  August 19, 2021
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Lauded in 2021 Release of Chambers USA® for 18th Straight Year
  May 24, 2021
• Seventy-Four Hahn Loeser Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers Across Forty-Six Specialties
  August 20, 2020
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Recognized in the 2020 Edition of Chambers USA® for 17th Consecutive Year
  April 23, 2020
• 26 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® 2020
  November 27, 2019
• 42 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®: Two Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 15, 2019
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Recognized in the 2019 Edition of Chambers USA® for 16th Consecutive Year
  April 26, 2019
• 26 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers® 2019
  December 05, 2018
• 34 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©: Five Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 15, 2018
• Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Recognized in the 2018 Edition of Chambers USA®
  May 03, 2018
• 29 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©: Three Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 16, 2017
• 2 Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Practice Areas and 7 Attorneys Ranked in 2017 Edition of Chambers USA
  June 07, 2017
• Supreme Court Ruling Limits Chapter 11 Exit and Settlement Strategies
  March 23, 2017
• 30 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Selected as Super Lawyers
  December 02, 2016
• 31 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
  August 15, 2016
• Thirty-Five Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
  August 17, 2015
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for 2015
  June 05, 2015
• 30 Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Attorneys Listed in 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers
  December 08, 2014
• Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Stars.
  August 04, 2005
• “Now UCITA, Now You Don’t,” A Bankruptcy Practitioner’s Observations on the Proposed Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
  May 01, 2004

• Speaker

  Christopher B. Wick a Featured Presenter at Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop

  August 05, 2024
• Author

  Ohio: An Introduction to Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Chambers)

  July 19, 2024
• Speaker

  Christopher B. Wick Featured Presenter at ABI Central States Bankruptcy Workshop

  June 17, 2024
• Author

  Congress Reopens the Paycheck Protection Program

  January 21, 2021
• Speaker

  The Nuts & Bolts of a 363 Motion

  February 27, 2019
• Speaker

  Bankruptcy Claims Trading

  October 11, 2018
• Author

  Litigation Funder Monetizes Portion of Fraudulent Transfer Judgment in Cutting-Edge Transaction

  September 19, 2016
• Author

  You Keep Using That Word: What Good Faith Impairment Means in a Reorganization Plan

  April 01, 2016
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  The Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Bankruptcy Law

  January 01, 2016
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  Bank Restructuring Challenges Current Issues in Energy Bankruptcies for the Energy Market

  October 29, 2015