Aurora Appointed Receiver to Limestone University in South Carolina

On April 30, 2026, Aurora Management Partners was appointed as Receiver to Limestone University in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Spartanburg Division (Case # 7:26-cv-01274-DCC). Overseeing the University and its assets and operations are Laura Kendall, Senior Managing Director, and Ben Pendleton, Associate Director.

Limestone University was founded in 1845 and is a South Carolina non-profit corporation that operated as a private liberal arts university in Gaffney, South Carolina until Spring 2025.

In addition to current out-of-court restructurings, Aurora is currently appointed as Federal Receiver to Montgomery Transportation Group in Alabama, Notre Dame College in Ohio, and Besse Forest Products in Michigan as well as State Receiver to All Nations Distillery in Kentucky. Additionally, in court appointment, Aurora is serving as Chief Restructuring Officer to Sailormen Popeye’s, Liquidating Trustee to Taronis Fuels and Financial Advisor to the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Eventide Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.