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February 23, 2026
iRobot Emerges From Chapter 11
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- • Paul, Weiss advised iRobot on a comprehensive restructuring involving the acquisition of all iRobot equity interests by Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd
- and Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited
- • The acquiring entities, collectively known as Picea, are iRobot’s secured lender and global manufacturers and service providers of robotic vacuum cleaners
- • iRobot emerged from a prepackaged chapter 11 process with an improved financial foundation and increased capacity for investment in smart home robotics
- • Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed
- • The Paul, Weiss team included partners and counsel from restructuring, litigation, executive compensation, antitrust, corporate, intellectual property, and tax practices.
Paul, Weiss advised iRobot on its comprehensive restructuring, pursuant to which Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd. and Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited, collectively known as Picea, iRobot’s secured lender and a global manufacturer and service provider of robotic vacuum cleaners, acquired all equity interests in iRobot. The transaction marks iRobot’s successful emergence from its prepackaged chapter 11 process with an improved financial foundation and additional capacity to invest in the next generation of smart home robotics. Financial details were not disclosed.
The Paul, Weiss team included restructuring partners Paul Basta, Alice Eaton, John Weber and Liz Osborne, and counsel Sarah Harnett; litigation partners John Carlin, Alison Benedon, Nathan Mitchell and Paul Paterson; executive compensation partner Jean McLoughlin; antitrust partners Ross Ferguson, Lauren O’Brien and Katharine Haigh, and counsel John Magruder; corporate partner Jeffrey Marell and counsel Lyudmila Bondarenko; intellectual property partners Claudine Meredith-Goujon and Brianna van Kan; and tax partner Robert Holo.
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