Exclusive: Shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy taps restructuring advisers – sources

Exclusive: Shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy taps restructuring advisers – sources

Chesapeake has enlisted restructuring lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and investment bankers at Rothschild & Co who specialize in reworking debt, the four sources said.. The company is studying its options and no debt restructuring move is imminent, the sources added, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.. Reporting by Mike Spector, David French and Jessica DiNapoli in New York; Editing by Lisa Shumaker.