Overview
Eric Seitz focuses his practice on insolvency and restructuring, with an emphasis on real estate, finance, franchisor/franchisee and energy-related matters.
Eric is well-versed in representing official and ad hoc committees, debtors and trustees in complex Chapter 11 cases. He provides restructuring counsel to secured lenders in both in- and out-of-court workouts. Clients also seek out Eric for advice related to substantive consolidation and recharacterization issues raised in structured financings.
Results
- Represented leading pizza franchisor with respect to both in- and out-of-court franchisee workouts*
- Represented electrical services company with respect to chapter 11 proceedings of major crude oil and natural gas exploration/production company*
- Counsel to leading investment portfolio company with respect to various bankruptcies related to Texas-based hospital and surgical center chain*
- Represented leading special servicer of commercial loans with respect to workouts and single-asset bankruptcies across the country*
- Defended Chapter 5 avoidance actions raised against leading private label credit card provider*
- Represented debtor off-shore drilling rig/vessel manufacturer*
- Represented official committee of unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 proceedings of commercial real estate investment company*
- Counseled senior secured lender for a leading provider and publisher of professional and business information services*
- Counseled official committee of retirees of Dallas-based independent crude oil and natural gas exploration/production company*
- Advised the board of directors in Chapter 11 reorganization of industrial and consumer battery manufacturer*
- Debtor’s counsel in Chapter 11 reorganization of Houston-based independent energy company*
- Represented buyer of substantially all assets of Houston-based seismic data and engineering firm through section 363 sale*
- Post-confirmation liquidation trustee’s counsel in the reorganization of international printing company*
- Represented Ohio public utility companies with respect to sale to bond issuers of certain phase-in recovery property*
- Advised secured lender in commercial real estate bankruptcy involving Los Angeles-based medical facility*
- Represented official committee of unsecured creditors of independent natural gas/crude oil exploration and production company*
* Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 US 2021
Community
- Dallas Bar Association, member
- State Bar of Texas, member
- American Bar Association, member
Credentials
Education
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD, cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2008
Miami University, BS, 1993
Courts/Agencies
Supreme Court of Texas
District Court for the Northern District of Texas
District Court for the Southern District of Texas
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
District Court for the Western District of Texas
Admissions
Texas
