Weatherford International plc

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $6,645 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $7,636 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 26,500
• Sub-industry: 35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
• Place of incorporation: Ireland
• Court for city of headquarters: Outside United States
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Latham Watkins
• Date of filing: July 1, 2019
• Judge at filing: David R. Jones
• Court district of filing: TX SD
• Court city of filing: Houston
• Case number: 19-33694
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: September 11, 2019
• Judge at disposition: David R. Jones
• Days from filing to disposition: 72

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years