About

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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

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Band 4

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.

Work Highlights

  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP served as counsel to John Royle and Paul Hennelly, as the Cayman Islands court-appointed Joint Official Liquidators of UnumX.

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 very quick to understand a situation and he is incredibly strategic.

John gives pragmatic and sound advice.

Matthew Ziegler
3
Matthew Ziegler
3
Band 3

Matthew Ziegler 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 coordinates overall strategy and has a strong, in-depth understanding across all matters.

He has superb commercial and strategic awareness.

Matthew is very responsive and always seeks practical solutions to complex issues.

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
3
Matthew Ziegler
3
Band 3

Members

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