Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring, and Reorganization

With our current emphasis on creditors’ rights, our Team of bankruptcy and restructuring partners have been actively involved in numerous national and complex insolvency-related cases. Our clientele includes entities engaged in asset sales, companies seeking out-of-court debt restructuring, creditors’ committees, debtor-in-possession lenders, secured creditors, and unsecured creditors spanning various industries, including real estate, finance, equipment leasing, and manufacturing. Our extensive experience in bankruptcy practice, vast network of relationships, and esteemed reputation within the bankruptcy bar enhance our ability to achieve favorable resolutions with minimal litigation.

Our past representations encompass a wide array of cases, including, but not limited to: advocating for debtors in large, complex bankruptcy cases involving multiple debtors, creditors’ committees, secured creditors, and subordinated debt constituencies; collaborating with financial advisors to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a debtor’s business model, negotiating asset sales, marshalling estate assets, and addressing various claims and issues, such as lender liability claims, fraudulent conveyance claims, and the development and confirmation of reorganization plans; serving as legal counsel for secured lenders in out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 cases, guiding lenders through debtor-in-possession financing, securing super-priority status, seeking relief from the automatic stay, evaluating financing transactions, and defending against objections to secured lender claims; representing landlords and contract vendors as they navigate the process of debtors deciding to assume or reject leases and contracts, ensuring maximum allowable recovery and pursuing claims arising from such decisions; facilitating the purchase of assets and businesses from bankruptcy estates, including negotiations with debtors and committee constituencies and obtaining court approvals; assisting unsecured creditors’ committees in their role as watchdogs, overseeing debtor actions and contributing to the negotiation and confirmation of reorganization plans.