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A Leading Resource for Restructuring

Miller Buckfire is Stifel’s specialist boutique dedicated to providing financial restructuring services to companies, governments, and creditors facing complex situations. Since 1995, we have been one of the leading firms in this field, and have provided objective, strategic advice to clients including Faraday Future, General Growth Properties, the City of Detroit, the National Bank of Ukraine, the creditors of Caesars Entertainment, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/COFINA, Lehman Brothers, and Calpine among many others. As pioneers in the space, Miller Buckfire is credited as having developed many widely used techniques in restructuring and reorganization.

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Notable Transactions

Lazydays Holdings Recapitalization

Recapitalization and Asset Sale
Specialty Distribution Nov 2024
Pacific Avenue_Kidde Fenwal M&A

Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Services Jul 2024
Kidde Fenwal SSCF

Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Business Services Jul 2024
Sientra Tiger Nuance MA 0424

$ 121,600,000

Has Sold Assets to
Medtech Apr 2024
Sientra Agg Indebtedness 0424

$ 94,300,000

Aggregate Indebtedness
Medtech Apr 2024
Proterra Inc. Chapter 11 Restructuring

$ 199,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Vehicle Electrification Mar 2024
Hut8_VPC MA

Mergers & Acquisitions
Digital Assets Feb 2024
Selina Out of Court Restructuring

$ 300,000,000

Out-of-Court Restructuring and Convertible Notes
Real Estate Jan 2024
Landx_Lordstown MA

Mergers & Acquisitions
Vehicle Electrification Oct 2023
Rockport_Authentic_MarcFisher MA

Mergers & Acquisitions
Consumer Products Aug 2023
Checkers Recapitalization

$ 315,000,000

Recapitalization
Restaurants Jun 2023
Tricida Chapter 11

$ 200,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Biopharma Jun 2023
Invacare SSTL

$ 104,500,000

Senior Secured Term Loan
Medtech Jul 2022
Invacare CN

$ 55,300,000

Exchange of Convertible Notes
Medtech Jul 2022
Techniplas 06-22

$ 246,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Restructuring Jun 2021
The Collected Group 05-2020

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Consumer Products May 2021
Frontier 04-2021

$ 17,500,000,000

Aggregate Indebtedness
Restructuring Apr 2021
Sundance Energy 04-19

$ 384,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Restructuring Apr 2021
Checkers Holdings Inc. 12-31

$ 320,000,000

Recapitalization
Restructuring Dec 2020
Tuesday Morning Corporation 12-21

$ 91,000,000

Aggregate Indebtedness
Restructuring Dec 2020
Kensington Capital Acquisition/QuantumScape 11-30

$ 3,321,000,000

Merger & Acquisition
Restructuring Nov 2020
CBC Restaurant 10-30

Out-of-Court Restructuring
Restructuring Oct 2020
GNC Holdings 10-30

$ 903,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Restructuring Oct 2020
North American Lifting Holdings 10-16

$ 933,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Restructuring Oct 2020
Ultrapetrol Restructuring

$ 492,000,000

Chapter 11 Restructuring
Maritime Services Mar 2017
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