About

Provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Our bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency lawyers provide strategic, creative solutions to address issues arising from troubled investments and loans worldwide. We are a full-service bankruptcy and restructuring practice with teams dedicated to traditional restructurings, documentation throughout transactions, and, when necessary, insolvency litigation. With lawyers in offices across the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we have handled bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency matters for clients in more than 90 countries.

Our elite services for clients cover a broad array of industries, including financial services, insurance, energy, retail, travel, automotive, telecommunications, infrastructure, technology, healthcare, aviation, real estate, shipping, manufacturing, sovereign debt, municipal finance, and tribal gaming. 

Spanning a wide range of assignments and client constituencies, our experience includes advising ad hoc noteholder groups, institutional investors, debtors, creditors’ committees, acquirers, high-yield and distressed debt investors, insurance companies, banks, trustees, administrators, liquidators, boards of directors, shareholders, senior and junior debt holders, governments, and international agencies.


Chambers Review

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Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Massachusetts

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is experienced in all manner of distressed finance situations, typically representing financial institutions acting as lenders or agents. The firm is recommended for bankruptcy-related disputes including fraudulent transfer claims. It also offers expertise in advising investors on distressed asset transactions. The team advises on major municipal bankruptcies and often oversees cases involving prominent energy and retail sector organizations.

Work Highlights

  • Morgan Lewis successfully represented the former equity owners of Samson Energy LLC, the Schusterman's Family, in the defense of fraudulent transfer claims associated with their 2011 sale of the company for $7.2 billion in bankruptcy court.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Edwin E Smith
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Edwin E Smith
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Senior Statespeople
Edwin Smith has extensive experience in the banking and finance space. He has a broad practice spanning a range of debt and structured financing, and offers complementary expertise in bankruptcy matters.

Ed smith is a real guru with secured transaction knowledge.

Andrew J Gallo
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Andrew J Gallo
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Band 2

Andrew Gallo is leader of the Boston finance practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He is an accomplished trial and bankruptcy lawyer whose practice is focused on creditors' rights.

Andrew is top-notch.

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Christopher Carter
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Up and Coming

Christopher Carter is an up-and-coming bankruptcy lawyer who specialises in the representation of banking clients, investors and other stakeholders in matters with local and cross-border elements.

Chris has amazing experience and is very knowledgeable.

Chris is solution-focused and always commercial when working to resolve complex matters.

Ranked Lawyers at
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Massachusetts

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Edwin E Smith
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Edwin E Smith
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Senior Statespeople
Andrew J Gallo
2
Andrew J Gallo
2
Band 2
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Christopher Carter
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Up and Coming

Members

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Andrew Gallo

John C. Goodchild III

Sandra Vrejan