Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 6
Contact number
+1 212 230 8800About
Provided by WilmerHale
From billion-dollar fraudulent transfer cases to multinational chapter 11 restructurings, WilmerHale’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group helps its clients confront complex problems of insolvency and financial distress. Whether structuring transactions to avoid these problems, closing transactions to address them, or litigating their effects, WilmerHale is on the leading edge of bankruptcy-related practice.
Our client base is as broad as those affected by, and finding opportunities in, commercial financial distress. We combine our knowledge of the bankruptcy process with our trial experience to address bankruptcy litigation and regulation issues, providing our clients with the ideal team for legal representation in bankruptcy and creditor rights litigation. We advise buyers and investors in financially distressed companies, helping them minimize risk and maximize opportunity. We represent financial institutions and intellectual property licensors/licensees in structuring transactions to mitigate the specialized counterparty insolvency risk associated with financial markets, securities and commodities trading, and intellectual property. We advise clients on all aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency regulation through focused litigation efforts, appellate advocacy as parties and as amicus curiae, and development and management of corporate policies and procedures.
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Chambers Review
WilmerHale offers a well-regarded team hailed for its capabilities advising on Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Highly experienced litigators undertaking contentious bankruptcy and insolvency matters at both trial and appellate levels. Accomplished counselor to indenture trustees, and its varied client list also includes investors, bondholder and creditors' committees from the media, energy, pharmaceutical and financial services spaces, among others.
Work Highlights
- WilmerHale acted for Covidien, a subsidiary of Medtronic, in a mass tort bankruptcy case.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The WilmerHale team is very efficient and responsive."
"WilmerHale is a well-organized, efficient and effective team that drives superior outcomes for the client."
"The WilmerHale team is very efficient and responsive."
"WilmerHale is a well-organized, efficient and effective team that drives superior outcomes for the client."
Notable Practitioners
Philip Anker cochairs the firm's bankruptcy and financial restructuring group. He routinely acts for creditors, noteholders and other clients in high-profile bankruptcy-related litigation, and offers recent experience in matters concerning the retail sector.