Nick Hendrix

Nick Hendrix focuses his practice on both bankruptcy-related matters and complex business litigation. Nick has significant experience representing a variety of major parties in complex commercial bankruptcy proceedings, with an emphasis on adversary proceedings and other contested matters. In addition to his restructuring practice, Nick regularly represents parties in a wide range of  commercial litigation matters including complex contract and fiduciary claims, cybersecurity litigation, antitrust disputes, and class actions in both state and federal courts. 

Nick’s experience spans numerous industries including energy, financial services, real estate, healthcare, and insurance, among others.

Bankruptcy-Related Matters

• Brazos Electric Power Cooperative: Representation of Brazos in its chapter 11 case in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Representation included leading O’Melveny’s team in a two-week trial against ERCOT and various market participants regarding ERCOT’s US$2.1 billion claim, favorably resolving litigation with Brazos’s two largest members on claims totaling more than US$1 billion, as well as developing, garnering support for, and ultimately confirming Brazos’s Plan of Reorganization which reduced Brazos’s liabilities by approximately US$3.2 billion through the payment of claims and settlements embodied in the Plan.
• National Rifle Association: Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors. Represented UCC in multi-week trial on motion to dismiss and motion to appoint chapter 11 trustee.
• Punch Bowl Social: Counsel for senior secured lender in restructuring of nationwide restaurant chain. Represented successor company in follow-on litigation with former subsidiary, the subsidiary’s subsequent bankruptcy filing and multiple adversary proceedings, and a global resolution.
• Carbo Ceramics: Counsel for secured lender and owner of reorganized company in successful debt for equity swap of producer of sand proppant and other products used in hydraulic fracturing.
• Eventide Credit Acquisitions: Litigation counsel in successful dismissal of three separate debtor filed adversary proceedings seeking emergency injunctive relief and hundreds of millions of dollars in breach of contract damages.
• Elk Petroleum: Debtors’ counsel in contentious restructuring achieved through global settlement of equity committee challenge to RSA and related Chancery Court litigation against debtors’ directors and officers.
• Laser Spine Institute: Represented secured lenders in obtaining dismissal of multiple adversary matters stemming from insolvency proceedings in Florida.