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Foley Hoag LLP

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

USA Guide 2026 : Massachusetts


Foley Hoag LLP

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Provided by Foley Hoag LLP

We provide comprehensive counsel to clients facing financially distressed situations. Our multidisciplinary team serves as strategic partners for our clients across many industries to proactively issue spot, educate on processes, and offer solutions to strengthen recoveries. 

We pride ourselves on working proactively to advise on mitigating bankruptcy risks in structuring mergers, financings, acquisitions and settlements. Our collective experience allows us to anticipate insolvency issues and address them through transaction analysis and deal structuring.

Our team provides services to all stakeholders in distressed business scenarios, including:

  • Debtor Representation
  • Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Committee Representation
  • General Creditor Representation

Our bankruptcy and restructuring team includes experienced litigators who regularly try complex insolvency-related and other business cases in federal and state courts. We represent:

  • Creditors in avoidance actions, including in defense of preference and fraudulent transfer claims
  • Big Four accounting firms in suits and arbitrations brought by litigation trustees
  • Foreign sovereign governments, foreign government-owned businesses, and foreign pension funds when their interests are implicated in a bankruptcy or insolvency matter, or in a related commercial dispute
  • Clients in asset-recovery actions both in United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions

Chambers Review

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Massachusetts

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For
Foley Hoag represents both creditors and debtors, and is adept in Chapter 11 reorganizations as well as out-of-court restructurings and wind-downs. The firm is also capable of advising clients on the full range of bankruptcy-related disputes.

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Kenneth Leonetti
    Band 3Kenneth Leonetti

    Kenneth Leonetti

    Kenneth Leonetti is co-chair of the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy and corporate reorganization.

    • He is a stalwart in Massachusetts.

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