Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Fishman Haygood’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring team has a deep understanding of the business dynamics involved in finance and restructuring and provides innovative solutions to enhance value and minimize costs and risks for clients. The team has been a major participant in bankruptcy cases and workouts in Louisiana and Texas. Their restructuring engagements have received national recognition.

The team’s substantial experience includes both debtor and creditor side engagements, official committees (both creditor and equity), debtor‑in‑possession and exit financing, asset acquisitions, advising independent boards and directors, advising bondholder and other ad hoc creditor groups, distressed M&A (in court and out of court), municipal restructuring, as well as bankruptcy litigation.

On the distressed financing side, we offer vast knowledge in all aspects of balance sheet restructuring, including liability management transactions (exchange and tender offers) and out‑of‑court loan work-out transactions, including recapitalizations and debt‑for‑equity exchanges.

The firm also advises corporate clients on bankruptcy issues in a wide variety of commercial contexts, from navigating their relationships with distressed commercial counterparties to structuring transactions to minimize bankruptcy risks. Clients benefit not only from this knowledge but also from that of our M&A, Finance, and Commercial Litigation teams, with whom the bankruptcy attorneys collaborate when needed.