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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite

USA Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide


Greenberg Traurig, LLP

About

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Companies faced with changes in the competitive global economy and within their own industries are turning increasingly to financial restructuring as an option. Greenberg Traurig's internationally recognized Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice provides clients with deep insight and knowledge acquired over decades of advisory and litigation experience. The group has a broad and diverse range of experience developing creative and effective strategies to address the highly complex issues that arise in connection within- and out-of-court reorganizations, restructurings, workouts, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales, both domestically and in cross-border proceedings. With offices in commercial centers across the United States and throughout the world, we utilize our invaluable business network to offer critical advice and counsel to multiple constituencies in insolvency situations:

  • Debtors
  • Official and ad hoc committees of creditors
  • Investors and purchasers of assets, debt instruments, or equity of troubled companies
  • Secured and unsecured creditors, pre-and post-bankruptcy lenders, and equity security holders
  • Boards of directors and board committees
  • Trustees, receivers, examiners, indenture trustees, and other fiduciaries
  • Foreign liquidators and administrators appointed in proceedings outside of the United States
  • Post-confirmation fiduciaries in litigation and asset disposition
  • Foreign representatives of distressed business entities outside of the United States

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For
Greenberg Traurig leverages strength across the USA to advise on restructurings arising from the energy, healthcare and telecommunications sectors, among others. It also offers clients notable cross-border capabilities, showcasing particular expertise in cases involving Latin America. The firm's broad practice sees it advising debtors, sponsors and creditors' committees on Chapter 11 proceedings, insolvency-related litigation and distressed M&A.
Notable practitioners

Shari Heyen and Oscar Pinkas are key contacts.

Work Highlights

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  • Greenberg Traurig represented US Bank, as indenture trustee, for over $600 million of notes in WOM Chile's cross-border restructuring.

Strengths

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  • Greenberg Traurig has deep legal knowledge combined with very practical business sense; there is a real sense that they both understood and embraced our business strategy.

    Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite respondentUSA
  • They are amazing problem solvers and get to the answer quickly.

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Members

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  • David Kurzweil

  • Shari Heyen

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