Financial Restructuring

Working closely with our Finance, Private Equity, Healthcare, Energy and Capital Markets teams, our representations span a variety of industries, with particular emphasis on the retail, healthcare, energy, restaurant, hospitality, infrastructure, real estate, agriculture, manufacturing, media and telecommunications sectors.

Financially distressed companies must be as efficient as possible when working to restructure or reorganize their businesses.  Advance planning, liability management analysis and a coordinated approach among specialists and stakeholders are critical components to any successful reorganization.  We have handled financial restructurings on behalf of a variety of stakeholders, so we understand the varied perspectives, motivations and concerns from all sides of a transaction.

Our secured lender clients (including ad hoc groups of lenders) seek out the Financial Restructuring team to maximize their recoveries in connection with out-of-court workouts, formal in-court reorganizations, debtor-in-possession loans, Chapter 11 exit financings, and prepackaged and pre-arranged Chapter 11 plans.  Our “one team” approach across practice areas allows us to provide a seamless and comprehensive client representation.

We are regularly retained to represent financially distressed businesses in connection with workouts, restructurings or reorganizations, including portfolio company investments held by private equity firms and hedge funds.  By working with other lawyers in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice area, we are able to offer legal services throughout the lifecycle of a distressed company.

We frequently represent strategic and financial buyers of assets and businesses in Chapter 11 cases. We help our clients identify opportunities and navigate the complexities of these transactions by analyzing the circumstances and helping devise structures and approaches that maximize the likelihood of a successful deal.

We also represent litigants in contested matters, adversary proceedings and other bankruptcy and insolvency litigation involving creditors’ rights, lender liability and alter ego liability.