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 - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is well regarded for its in-depth representation of creditors and institutional investors. The team routinely handles both out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings. The practitioners draw on their previous experiences to act as effective litigators in complex disputes.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John Goodchild
2
John Goodchild
2
Band 2
John Goodchild is co-head of the bankruptcy and restructuring department. He acts on behalf of a range of parties, including lenders and fiduciaries, in high-value contentious bankruptcy matters, both nationally and internationally. He is a specialist in debtor representation of healthcare bankruptcies.

John is highly experienced, commercial and ensures that clients are properly advised.

He's an excellent communicator.

Matthew Ziegler
4
Matthew Ziegler
4
Band 4

Matthew Ziegler of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is skilled in domestic and cross-border restructuring. His broad client base looks to him for advice in Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court reorganizations.

Matthew is an exceptional attorney. He is great to work with, pragmatic and responsive.

Matthew is smart and strategic, but also very commercial. He makes the complex simple and cuts through matters to maximise value.

Matthew is a thoughtful lawyer with a keen view of strategy.

Ranked Lawyers at
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

John Goodchild
2
John Goodchild
2
Band 2
Matthew Ziegler
4
Matthew Ziegler
4
Band 4

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