Provided by Woods Rogers
Woods Rogers’ Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group advises lenders, creditors, fiduciaries, purchasers, and businesses navigating financial distress, restructurings, and insolvency proceedings. The practice group is recognized for its depth across Chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases, out‑of‑court workouts, and distressed transactions, and its practical, commercially focused approach.
Woods Rogers attorneys regularly serve as lead debtor’s counsel and represent secured and unsecured creditors, committees, trustees, and purchasers in complex matters nationwide. They are experienced in plan negotiation and confirmation, asset sales under Section 363, cash collateral and adequate protection disputes, preference and avoidance actions, dischargeability litigation, and lender enforcement matters.
Clients value their ability to manage high‑stakes proceedings efficiently while protecting enterprise value and recovery. Woods Rogers’ experience spans manufacturing, healthcare, energy, real estate, telecommunications, financial services, and retail, including Fortune 500 bankruptcies.
The practice’s attorneys are further distinguished by leadership within the bankruptcy system and the bankruptcy bar, including service on the Board of Governors for the Virginia State Bar Bankruptcy Section, the Board of the Virginia Bar Association, and a Subchapter V trustee, underscoring the practice group’s credibility with courts, the United States Trustee’s Office, and the bankruptcy bar.
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Woods Rogers houses an experienced bankruptcy and restructuring group. The firm also provides transactional advice and assists with distressed M&A, debt and corporate restructuring mandates.
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Michael Hastings is much admired for his bankruptcy practice, which includes advising debtors, creditors and trustees on Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. He is chair of the firms bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice.
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