Rachel Jaffe Mauceri

Rachel regularly moderates and participates in panel discussions on bankruptcy-related matters and writes on current issues in bankruptcy. She is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association, including as current co-chair of TMA’s Global Network of Women and of TMA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, and as a member of the board of directors of TMA’s Philadelphia-Wilmington chapter. She is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and IWIRC, and sits on the board of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project and the VALCON Advisory Board.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Rachel was an associate in the New York office of another international law firm, where she focused on bankruptcy and restructuring. While in law school, Rachel interned for Judge Prudence Beatty Abram of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

• Represents the indenture trustee for the senior unsecured notes in the Chapter 11 cases of Seadrill Ltd. and Berry Petroleum Company (S.D. Texas)
• Represents the second lien lender group in litigation arising from the chapter 11 case of La Paloma Co. Generating LLC (D. Del) regarding scope of rights under intercreditor agreement for a gas generated power plant in California
• Represents the indenture trustee for the senior secured industrial development bonds in the Chapter 11 case of North Philadelphia Health System (E.D. Pa.)
• Represents the indenture trustee for the senior secured notes in the Chapter 11 cases of Avaya (S.D.N.Y.), CHC Helicopter, (S.D. Texas), and MIG LLC (D. Del)
• Represents hhgregg, Inc. and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases (S.D. Indiana)
• Represent UMWA retirementpension and health benefit funds in the chapter 11bankruptcy cases of Peabody Energy Corporation (E.D. Mo.), Arch Coal, Inc. (E.D. Mo.), Walter Energy Company (N.D. Ala.) and Patriot Coal Company (E.D. Va.)
• Represented Noble Environmental Power in its pre-negotiated chapter 11 reorganization (D. Del.)
• Represented the agent to the debtor-in-possession lenders in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of marine construction company Cal-Dive International and diving businessits affiliates (D. Del.)
• Represented a nationally-known financial advisory firm and two individuals in a case alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the conduct of the chapter 11 case of a coal producer company in Eastern Kentucky
• Represented the indenture trustee of numerous RMBS trusts holding claims in the chapter 11 cases of Residential Capital, LLC (S.D.N.Y) and its subsidiaries and affiliates
• Represented the debtors in the chapter 11 cases of a furniture designer/manufacturer, a retail apparel company and an auto component manufacturer and their respective affiliates
• Represents bidders and stalking horse purchasers and other bidders in connection withbankruptcy-related asset sales conducted under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code
• Represents financial institutions and other clients in complex avoidance litigation