Oellermann, Charles M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Charlie Oellermann's practice focuses primarily on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and other insolvency-related matters; and he plays leading roles in Jones Day's representation of debtors, creditors' committees, asset purchasers, and other parties in large corporate restructurings, both in court and out of court, across the country. Charlie also provides insolvency-related advice to many Firm clients in litigation and transactional contexts. In addition, he counsels clients regularly on fraudulent conveyance, illegal dividend, preferential transfer, fiduciary duty, and corporate veil piercing issues, as well as the structuring and consummation of spin-offs, secured financings, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions. He oversees the Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice in Jones Day's Columbus Office.

Charlie represented debtors in the chapter 11 cases of Baldwin Builders, Black Diamond Mining, The Clothestime, HQ Global Holdings, Loewen Group International, Montgomery Ward, and National Century Financial Enterprises. Other significant client matters include the representation of AZ Automotive in its successful out-of-court restructuring, WL Ross & Co. as the leader of a noteholder investor group that acquired the operating assets of coal producer Horizon Natural Resources out of chapter 11, Federated Department Stores as purchaser of R.H. Macy & Co. in its chapter 11 case, and the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation cases.

Charlie is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association. He has published and lectured extensively on U.S. insolvency matters.

Areas of Practice

• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Secured Lender Groups
• Bondholder Committees
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Consumer Products & Retail

Representative Cases

• Air Products listed as creditor in Techneglas bankruptcy , (2009)
• Alderwoods Group in fraudulent transfer litigation
• Allegheny Health, nation's largest nonprofit healthcare company, files chapter 11 cases , (2009)
• American Electronic Components will file claims in bankruptcy cases , (2009)
• AZ Automotive successfully restructures out-of-court
• Baldwin Builders business undergoes chapter 11 reorganization
• Black Diamond Mining files bankruptcy , (2009)
• Cleveland-Cliffs advised in Stelco matter
• Clothestime and five subsidiaries reorganize
• Dominion Homes completes sale to buyout group , (2008)
• Federated Dept. Stores merges with R.H. Macy & Co.
• HQ Global Holdings and its affiliates file for chapter 11 involving more than $500 million in debt
• Loewen Group International and 870 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 , (2009)
• Montgomery Ward files $5 billion bankruptcy case
• National Century Financial Enterprises files for bankruptcy with over $3 billion in debt
• National Century Financial Enterprises is creditor in multiple bankruptcies
• OGE Energy acquires interest in McClain power plant
• Stratosphere noteholder committee formed , (2009)
• Williams Communications evaluates potential suit

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Foreclosures, Garnishment, International Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Securities Law, Workouts

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Harvard University
• Purdue Univ- West Lafayette
• U of Nebraska - Lincoln (Main)

Published Works

• 2009 Is Shaping Up As Another Difficult Year for US Economy, RECOVERY, 2009
• When Bankruptcy and Equity Collide: Has the Bankruptcy Code De-Fanged the Constructive Trust?, 2009
• When Bankruptcy and Equity Collide, The Bankruptcy Strategist, 2009
• When Brokers Go Broke: Subprime Meltdown May Mean More Stockbroker Bankruptcies, 2008
• When Brokers Go Broke: Subprime Meltdown May Mean More Stockbroker Bankruptcies, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Newsletter, 2008
• When Brokers Go Broke, Bankruptcy Law360, Securites Law360, Finance Law360, 2008
• First Ruling: New Section 1104(e) May Not Be a Ticking Time Bomb After All, 4 Pratt's J. Bankr. L. 3, 2008
• First Ruling: New Section 1104(e) May Not Be a Ticking Time Bomb After All, 2007
• Businesses Often Use Chapter 11 Bankruptcy as a Restructuring Tool, Columbus Business First, 2006

Address

P.O. Box 165017
325 John H. McConnell Boulevard
Suite 600
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3948 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com