Hillary B. Crabtree

Hillary Crabtree brings considerable bankruptcy experience, corporate law and restructuring experience to her clients, which have been drawn from such areas as energy, airlines, auto, manufacturing, biopharmaceutical, and retail sales.     

Crabtree assists clients with reorganizations, finance transactions, contractual matters and general corporate law.  In addition, she has extensive bankruptcy experience representing lenders, landlords, manufacturers, suppliers, vendors and debtors in reorganization proceedings. Crabtree is adept in handling commercial real property foreclosures and receiverships for secured lenders.  Moreover, she has regularly represented administrative agents and collateral agents in syndicated credit facilities and other financial institutions in secured lending transactions and structured  finance/securitization transactions.

Of Note

• Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2013-2021
• Former Chair and Member of Board of Directors, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation - Carolinas Chapter, 2003-2012
• Speaker, "Preferences, Adding Insult to Injury" Mecklenburg Bar Association CLE, June 2009
• North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009 magazine
• Bankruptcy Section Council, North Carolina Bar Foundation, 2013-2016
• Local Rules Committee, W.D. N.C., 2012
• Former Chair, Bankruptcy Business Legislative Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 2008-2009
• Author, "Jurisdiction, Venue and Removal" (Chapter III), North Carolina Bankruptcy Practice Manual, Sixth Edition (2007) and Seventh Edition (2012) published by the North Carolina Bar Association
• Law clerk, United States Bankruptcy Judge A. Thomas Small in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Representative Matters

Bankruptcies

• Filip Technologies Inc. (Del.), Debtors counsel for Chapter 11 bankruptcy of start-up company and provider of technology and software solutions for child tracking application.
• Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc. (W.D.N.C) Representation of equity owners in complex chapter 11 asbestos bankruptcy.
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. (S.D. N.Y.), Northwest Airlines, Inc. (S.D. N.Y.), UAL Corporation (N.D. Ill.) and U.S. Airways Group, Inc. I & II (E.D. Va.), American Airlines (S.D. N.Y.): Representation of hub airport with claims arising from leases, landing fees and bond financing.
• Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC (W.D. N.C.) Representation of  equity owners in complex chapter 11 asbestos bankruptcy.
• NEGT Energy Trading-Power, L.P. (Md.): Representation of one of the largest creditors/chair of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in connection with pursuit of claim arising under an offtake tolling agreement.
• Nobex Corporation (Del.): Debtor’s special counsel for sale of U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications.
• Northampton Generating Company, L.P. (W.D. N.C.) Debtor's counsel for chapter 11 bankruptcy of 112-megawatt merchant power plant located in Northampton, Pennsylvania.
• Southaven Power, LLC (W.D.N.C.): Local counsel for debtor in the successful chapter 11 bankruptcy of an 800-megawatt merchant power plant located in Southaven, Mississippi.

Workouts

• Counsel to individual investor in orderly liquidation of $55 million of multi-state secured real estate investments.
• Counsel to individual investor with $30 million investment in a Florida aqua-culture business undergoing an orderly wind-down process.
• Counsel to secured lender owed approximately $12 million in connection with workout of metal processing company.

Finance

• Counsel to power companies with respect to $260 senior secured facility and interest rate hedge facility.
• Counsel to agent for second lien lenders in $95 million secured facility for a rubber manufacturing company.

News

• MVA Bankruptcy & Restructuring Team Concludes Successful Chapter 11 Case for Restaurant Debtors
• Best Lawyers ® Recognizes 93 Moore & Van Allen attorneys
• Best Lawyers® recognizes 83 Moore & Van Allen attorneys
• Best Lawyers® Recognizes 69 Moore & Van Allen Attorneys
• Best Lawyers® Recognizes 71 Moore & Van Allen Attorneys
• Best Lawyers® Recognizes 74 Moore & Van Allen Attorneys

Speaking Engagements

• Hillary Crabtree serves as co-chair for 43rd Annual Bankruptcy Institute webcast, December 2020
• Hillary Crabtree to Speak at Upcoming CLE, May 27, 2009

Publications

• Considering the Small Business Reorganization Act
  MVA COVID-19 Resources Center, April 2020
• SBA Bankruptcy Battle
  MVA COVID-19 Resource Center, April 2020

Professional Affiliations

• North Carolina Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation - Carolinas Chapter