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SKDKnickerbocker is handling the Chapter 11 filing of California Pizza Kitchen, which is restructuring to reduce its debt and shutter money-losing restaurants.
The "unprecedented impact of COVID-19" on CPK's business also triggered the need to declare bankruptcy, according to CEO Jim Hyatt.
He views the financial reorganization as "a step towards a stronger future" for the chain of more than 200 restaurants.
Founded in 1985 in Beverly Hills, CPK is expected to emerge from Chapter 11 in three months.
Heather Wilson, who heads SKDK's west coast operations, is working the CPK filing.
Mark Penn's Stagwell Group owns SKDK.
C Street Advisory Group and Publicis' Groupe's Kekst CNC unit work the Chapter 11 filing of Saks Global Holdings as the luxury retailer evaluates its "operational footprint."
Nashville’s Wortman Works is handling Old Glory Bank, which bills itself as the online bank for freedom-loving Americans, as it goes public via a $250M SPAC deal with Digital Asset Acquisition Corp.
FGS Global and Collected Strategies handle $1.5B merger of discount airlines Allegiant and Sun Country Airlines. (Updated)
Dan Scorpio, H/Advisors Abernathy’s managing director and head of the M&A and activism practice, has joined FTI Consulting’s Chicago office.
ICR Healthcare handled Boston-based cancer drug developer Aktis Oncology as it upsized its initial public offering due to robust investor demand.
