Bankruptcy/Restructuring

We practice in all areas of bankruptcy, restructuring, creditors' rights and commercial law, routinely handling matters involving intricate debt structures and financial instruments. We have represented clients in matters involving billions of dollars and the most complex legal issues, in Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts and restructurings, as well as in contested matters throughout the U.S.

We have a special focus on issues faced by financial institutions and investors in transactions involving distressed entities. Clients regularly rely on our bankruptcy team for advice concerning:

• Restructuring of investments in defaulted public, private, and secured and unsecured bonds
• Borrower and creditor side workouts
• Involuntary Bankruptcy filings on behalf of petitioning creditors
• Bankruptcy litigation, including fiduciary issues
• UCC Foreclosures
• Workout of investments in CDOs and other structured investment vehicles
• Credit default swap analyses
• Advising corporate boards of directors in distressed situations
• Enforcement of termination of swaps and other derivative instruments on account of bankruptcy or reorganization
• Issuance of non-consolidation opinions and true sale opinions on behalf of bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entities

We have broad and deep experience with insolvencies involving private equity and major creditor issues of all types, but especially those involving indenture trustee and other corporate trust clients.