Simpson Thacher is representing Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (“Getty Images” or the “Company”), in a comprehensive financial restructuring that will be implemented through a prepackaged chapter 11 plan.
On October 12, 2026, the Company entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement with the support of the Company’s major financial stakeholder groups, including the Equity Investors and lenders across the capital structure. To implement the transactions embodied by the Restructuring Support Agreement, on October 20, 2026 the Company launched a solicitation process for approval of its prepackaged plan of reorganization and, on October 21, 2026, commenced voluntary chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for certain of its U.S. entities.
Getty Images is the preeminent source of authentic global visual content and coverage and offers a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer around the globe, no matter their size. Through its Getty Images, iStock and Unsplash brands, websites and APIs, Getty Images serves customers in almost every country in the world.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Brian Schartz, David Nemecek, Elisha Graff, Rachael Foust, Dov Gottlieb, Olivia Acuña, Alex Xuan, Taylor Fogg, Ryan Lin, Nina Alessi and Philip Daleo (Capital Structure Solutions—Restructuring); Christine Bae and Alex Feuerstein (Capital Structure Solutions—Finance); Marisa Stavenas, Lia Toback and Jeffrey Chike Cole (Capital Structure Solutions—Capital Markets); Adam Moss, Cem Islikci and Roman Ibragimov (Banking and Credit); Alan Turner, Griselda Cabrera, Jingxi Zhai, Noah Huffman, Mary Elbanna and Gabriel Bastien (Litigation); and Russell Light, Sophie Staples and Lina Pan (Tax).