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Fareed Kaisani

Senior Counsel

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Fareed Kaisani

Senior Counsel

[email protected]
|
214.559.2700
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Meet Fareed

Fareed Kaisani serves entrepreneurs and businesses through his expertise in financial restructuring and corporate law.

Fareed routinely advises clients on a variety of corporate matters including entity formation and structuring, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships, private securities offerings, and general commercial contract negotiation.

Fareed’s prior restructuring experience includes the representation of bankrupt debtors, financial institutions, distressed asset purchasers, landlords, trade creditors, equity holders, bankruptcy trustees, and other key stakeholders. He currently serves as the Chair of the Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy & Commercial Law section. Given his broad range of experience in distressed transactions, Fareed seeks to guide clients through special situation matters while protecting their key interests.

Prior to joining Platt Richmond, Fareed gained valuable experience as a judicial clerk to a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, and as an associate at highly regarded AmLaw firms that serve large public and private company clients.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Business Restructuring & Bankruptcy

  • Assisted global helicopter services company restructure several dozen aircraft leases as part of fleet reorganization plan and $1.5 billion balance sheet restructuring
  • Assisted purchaser in the acquisition of a distressed telecommunications company across multiple states in Section 363 sale
  • Advised board of distressed company on strategies to minimize preference and fraudulent transfer liability
  • Represented creditors’ committee in $250 MM restructuring of oil and gas producer
  • Assisted with negotiation of forbearance agreement with senior secured noteholders for distressed energy company
  • Settled seven-figure preference clawback claim against public company client for nominal amount
  • Prosecuted and successfully settled numerous chapter 5 avoidance actions on behalf of bankruptcy trustees
  • Assisted numerous commercial landlords maximize recoveries against bankrupt tenants

Corporate Transactions/Securities Offerings/Private Equity Financing

  • Advised a publicly traded limited partnership in a drop-down transaction valued at $135 MM
  • Assisted strategic investor in purchasing several luxury car dealerships in Texas totaling over $120MM
  • Assisted cryptocurrency investment fund raise capital in series seed investment round
  • Assisted SaaS company in recapitalization with venture capital sponsor
  • Advised multiple clients with conducting corporate reorganizations
  • Advised numerous lower-middle market companies through acquisition/sale process
  • Assisted multiple real estate sponsors with equity syndications and related securities filings

HONORS & PUBLICATIONS

American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence

Houston Bankruptcy Court Determines (1) Make-Whole Claim is Not Disallowed by the Bankruptcy Code and (2) Solvent Debtor Exception Still Exists under the Bankruptcy Code, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, December 2020

Dallas Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Presentation on Issues for Retaining Professionals in Bankruptcy, Moderator, August 2020

Business Bankruptcy Case Developments – 2019, 38th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, October 2019

Supreme Court Clarifies “Actual Fraud” for Purposes of Debt Discharge, Thompson Hine Advisory Bulletin, June 2016

Education

Georgia State University, J.D., (cum laude)

  • First place in Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition (out of 64 teams)
  • Litigation Advocacy Honors

Georgia State University, M.B.A., (cum laude)

  • Concentration in Corporate Finance

University of Georgia, B.A.

Affiliations

Dallas Bar Association, Chair for Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section

Association for Corporate Growth

Turnaround Management Association

Dallas South Asian Bar Association

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