
Kiran Vakamudi

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Kiran is an associate in the Restructuring and Reorganization practice group and is based in the Firm’s Houston office. His practice focuses primarily on bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters, including representations of debtors, creditors, investors, and other interested parties in chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, and acquisitions. Prior to joining the Firm, Kiran clerked for the Honorable Marvin Isgur of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Kiran has assisted.
Experience Highlights
Jonah Energy in an out-of-court restructuring involving a deleveraging of the company’s balance sheet by approximately $580 million through a rights offering, tender offer, and redemption of non-tendered notes, together with an amended and restated credit agreement of Jonah’s $750 million credit facility
Unit Corporation, a diversified, publicly-traded energy company engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and production, contract drilling, and midstream services, and its affiliates in connection with its prearranged chapter 11 cases deleveraging the company by approximately $650 million in a debt-for-equity transaction with its subordinated noteholders
California Resources Corporation and certain of its affiliates, as company co-counsel, in their pre-negotiated chapter 11 cases filed in Houston, Texas
Lilis Energy in an in-court sale process in which substantially all of the company’s operating assets were sold to Ameredev Texas LLC as part of its chapter 11 cases involving approximately $400 million in total liabilities
An ad hoc group first lien term lenders, as co-counsel, in the chapter 11 cases of Neiman Marcus Group LTD, LLC and certain debtor affiliates filed in Houston, Texas
Credentials
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2017 (Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal)
- Texas A&M University, B.S., Biology, 2004
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable Marvin Isgur, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2017-2019
- Texas
- InsightMarch 30, 2022
V&E Restructuring & Reorganization Update
- Deals & CasesJanuary 6, 2021
- Deals & CasesNovember 17, 2020
- Deals & CasesOctober 28, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 3, 2020
- Deals & CasesJuly 16, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 29, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 28, 2020
News & Insights
V&E Restructuring & Reorganization Update