CREDITOR'S RIGHTS AND BANKRUPTCY
The firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy practice group has substantial expertise and experience in handling creditor and debtor issues, providing practical and creative solutions and effective representation. The lawyers in the group regularly provide such services to:
- Commercial banks
- Commercial lessors
- Retail and wholesale creditors
- Individual and private lenders
- Committees of creditors, bondholders and shareholders
- Governmental entities
- Turnaround managers
- Commercial and professional debtors
We can:
- Maximize the possible recovery of creditors’ claims in bankruptcy cases
- Negotiate out-of-court repayment arrangements
- Stop creditor calls, foreclosures, evictions and lawsuits
- Restructure financial obligations that can lead to restored profitability
- Eliminate tax debt or force reasonable repayment terms on tax authorities
Who We Are
We represent clients in all aspects of reorganization, insolvency and bankruptcy law and related business planning and commercial litigation matters. We have a depth of experience encompassing a wide variety of industries, including financial services, technology, hospitality, construction, healthcare, real estate, telecommunications, forest products and fisheries. Our bankruptcy lawyers team closely with the firm’s tax and business lawyers on related tax, real estate and business questions to create constructive multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. Our lawyers believe that their responsibility is not only to represent clients zealously when there is a dispute, but to understand the business of the client and proactively advise and counsel clients about how to prevent problems and, if not prevented, how to solve them effectively and efficiently.
The lawyers in the group have handled matters at all levels of the federal and state courts. They have taken complex bankruptcy issues all the way to the United States Supreme Court. They have managed complex Chapter 11 cases, litigated subordination of shareholders and creditors, handled real estate foreclosure issues, defended and prosecuted lender liability cases, represented lenders and guarantors, and participated in lien priority litigation, among other things. Our lawyers have substantial experience in restructuring credit and financial arrangements both inside and outside of formal proceedings. They are also highly capable and experienced in documenting credit transactions.