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Dania Slim, Senior Associate

Dania Slim

Partner
Palm Beach & New York

Partner, Palm Beach & New York

T: +1.561.232.3314
T: +1.212.858.1000
T: +1.561.232.3314
T: +1.212.858.1000

Areas of Focus

Dania’s demonstrated competence, responsiveness, commitment, maturity and overall ability are remarkable.
—Artery Capital Group LLC

Dania Slim helps clients maximize value by using her bankruptcy, real estate, litigation and corporate skills in both the transactional and restructuring worlds. Dania also co-leads Pillsbury’s Attorneys of Color Network and is one of Pillsbury’s leaders in distressed real estate acquisitions and “rescue capital” transactions. 

Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 and as a 2020 American Bankruptcy Institute “40 under 40” Emerging Leader, Dania represents investors, owners, debtors, creditors and other parties in interest (including asset purchasers) in reorganizations across a broad range of industries and in commercial real estate matters. Dania also advises on investments and acquisitions, finance, joint ventures and real estate funds, with a focus on representing lenders, developers, investors and property owners.

A portion of Dania’s practice also focuses on Latin America, combining her legal skills with her native Spanish-speaking ability to help bridge language and cultural barriers with Latin American clients.

Representative Experience

  • Represented debtor Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited, a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, in its chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, successfully confirming a prepackaged chapter 11 plan that allowed Rockley to go private and restructure its business, eliminate more than $120 million of secured debt, and generate approximately $35 million in new funding from existing secured noteholders.
  • Represented multiple aircraft lessors and financiers in the chapter 11 bankruptcies of Avianca Holdings S.A., LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (Latin America’s largest air carrier), Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico’s second-largest airline), SAS AB, and Philippine Airlines, Inc. in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York after the Coronavirus pandemic grounded flights around the world.
  • Represented real estate mezzanine lender in chapter 11 case filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida and in related transactions involving six hotels located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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  • Represented debtor Condominium Association of the Lynnhill Condominium in its fourth chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, which involved 219 residential units that were valueless until title was unified via confirmation of a chapter 11 plan 49 days after the commencement of the case and after three prior bankruptcy cases failed.
  • Represented owner of an 805-key hotel and convention center in California in its chapter 11 case and in post-confirmation transactions.
  • Represented real estate mezzanine lender in a prenegotiated chapter 11 case filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland and in related transactions.
  • Represented creditor secured by real estate confirm competing chapter 11 plan and sell real estate to achieve full payment of its secured claim.
  • Represented, as U.S. counsel, the business recovery professionals of Comair Limited, a South African airline, in its chapter 15 case and South African business rescue proceedings.
  • Represented various creditors in Westinghouse Electric Company’s bankruptcy, including Fluor Corporation in a complex contractual dispute over its more than $300 million claim, making it one of the largest unsecured creditors in the case.
  • Represented multiple creditors in the joint chapter 11 bankruptcy of California utility, PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation, which involved estimated liabilities of more than $50 billion.
  • Recognized by Global M&A Network at its 10th Annual Americas M&A Atlas Awards as the winner of the Americas Restructuring – Small Market award and at the 13th Annual M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards in the Restructuring of the Year ($10 million - $25 million) category for the team’s work on an extraordinarily complex chapter 11 restructuring.
  • Represented Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) in the $860 million acquisition of bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp.’s assets. Awarded the Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (Over $100MM to $1B) at the10th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards for the team’s representation of VCLF in the acquisition.
  • Represented debtor Specialty Hospital of Washington LLC and its affiliates, who owned and operated two long-term acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, in their chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.

Professional Highlights

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  • Recognized as a “Rising Star” in Bankruptcy by Law360 (2019).
  • Board & Community Service
    • Advisory Board Member, ABI Caribbean Insolvency Symposium (2019 – 2024)
    • Board Member, Fort Freedom
    • Member, Advisory Committee for The Study of The Local Rules of Practice, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida (2023 – 2024)
  • Speaking Engagements
    • “Essential Concepts in Hospitality Industry Legal Issues,” American Bankruptcy Institute, Webinar (February 16, 2022)
    • “Episode #2: A Comparative Analysis: U.S. Chapter 11 v. UK Restructuring Plans and Schemes of Arrangement,” Pillsbury’s Inflight Audio Podcast (June 22, 2021)
    • “Formal Restructurings in the U.S. and UK – Overview and Comparison,” Presentation for the American Bar Association Aircraft Finance Subcommittee Meeting (April 21, 2021)
    • “Future Claims, Mass Torts, Channeling Injunctions and Nonconsensual Releases in Chapter 11 Plans,” ABI 2020 Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Carolina, Puerto Rico (February 4, 2020)
    • “Two Hot Bankruptcy Issues: Puerto Rico: Light and Investment Opportunity at the End of the Tunnel? And Coercive Exchange Offers,” Pillsbury’s Annual MCLE Marathon, New York (May 21, 2019)
    • “Legal Views and Changes,” 3rd PROMESA Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 22, 2019)
    • “What’s Happening in Bankruptcy? Key Legal Issues for Corporate Counsel,” Pillsbury’s Annual MCLE Marathon, Miami (October 18, 2018)
    • “Has CMS Said Goodbye to the Bankruptcy Court?,” ABA Business Law Section 2017 Spring Meeting, New Orleans (April 6, 2017)
  • Blog Posts
  • Honors & Awards

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2008
    Executive Editor, The George Washington University Law Review

    B.A., Florida International University, 2005
    cum laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

    Florida

    New York

Languages

  • Spanish

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