Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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Baker McKenzie's market-leading bankruptcy, restructuring & insolvency practice in Florida consists of top lawyers Mark D. Bloom, Paul Keenan and John Dodd. The team represents a deep renown and broad expertise in the fields of insolvency, business reorganization and cross-border bankruptcy and restructuring, among other capabilities. We represent billions of dollars in cases with major implications in bankruptcy courts across Florida and nationwide, including New York and Delaware. We advise debtors, fiduciaries, secured and unsecured creditors, and purchasers of troubled companies and their assets in both U.S. and international cases. Our attorneys represent clients in and out of bankruptcy courts, and handle transactional and litigation matters, including loan workouts, asset sales, wind downs, UCC foreclosures, liquidations and distressed asset acquisitions and sales.
Our team provides market-leading bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency and distressed M&A experience to major global corporations in various jurisdictions all around the world. Our team's location in Miami is crucial to our attorneys' regular representation of clients working between the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. Combined with the Firm's multijurisdictional, cross-practice network of worldwide offices, our team is better equipped to provide comprehensive advice on every aspect of complex cross-border restructurings of multinational corporations while still providing nuanced, local expertise.
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Baker McKenzie has a well-regarded Miami restructuring team with notable expertise in bankruptcy proceedings, including Chapters 11 and 7 cases. The practitioners capitalize on its global network to advise on complex, cross-border matters on a multinational scale.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie represented Clovis Oncology, a Boulder, Colorado-based biopharmaceutical company, in its multibillion-dollar Chapter 11 case.
Strengths
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"Baker McKenzie's responsiveness has been very good, and the advice they provide is excellent. The team collaborates well and its senior partners are very hands-on."
"The firm has a compact yet extremely solid restructuring team in the US, which works seamlessly and effectively with local teams across different jurisdictions. They are great at handling client relations and specifically through rough moments."
"Baker McKenzie's responsiveness has been very good, and the advice they provide is excellent. The team collaborates well and its senior partners are very hands-on."
"The firm has a compact yet extremely solid restructuring team in the US, which works seamlessly and effectively with local teams across different jurisdictions. They are great at handling client relations and specifically through rough moments."
Notable Practitioners
Mark Bloom garners high praise for his insolvency practice, which sees him advise on contentious and noncontentious Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 cases.
"Super knowledgeable, experienced and knows cross-border insolvency like the back of his hand."
"He is a strategic thinker and understands the big picture."
"Mark is one of the most responsive lawyers I have had the pleasure of working with."
Paul Keenan has substantial experience in cross-border restructurings and bankruptcies. He is adept at providing insolvency-related structuring advice and legal opinions in complex financial transactions.
"Paul is responsive and client-centric. He is able to take complex technical bankruptcy matters and translate them into practical advice and deliver it in a way that is clear. He had the ability to think two steps ahead and could anticipate what would happen a couple of steps down the road."
John Dodd is noted for handling a range of bankruptcy matters. He advises both debtors and creditors on reorganizations and distressed transactions.
"He is a journeymen lawyer who is on top of everything and is very practical in his approach."
"He is mild-mannered, good natured and diligent. John takes a practical approach and can work through difficult situations."
Reginald Sainvil has broad advisory and litigation experience with issues arising in reorganizations, restructurings, receiverships, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales.
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