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BANKRUPTCY, REORGANIZATION AND
CREDITORS' RIGHTS

Our Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights department represents clients in a wide variety of insolvency related problems. The practice encompasses every aspect of insolvency and bankruptcy, including the representation of businesses experiencing financial difficulty, secured and unsecured creditors, purchasers of assets of companies in bankruptcy and trustees. The Firm represents troubled businesses in every aspect of reorganization, including working with secured and unsecured creditors, collecting assets and liquidating claims. Methods used include Chapter 11 court proceedings, out-of-court compositions, liquidations, receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors.

The Firm represents secured and unsecured creditors of troubled entities, to recover pledged collateral, prosecute claims, realize upon liens and security interests, and defend creditors against whom claims have been asserted. We counsel and appear in court on behalf of domestic and multinational entities who are parties to executory contracts which debtors have sought to or may have had the right to reject under applicable bankruptcy law. The Firm also represents creditors filing involuntary bankruptcies against debtors.

The Firm has extensive experience in Bankruptcy Court litigation, including preference and fraudulent conveyance claims, automatic stay, and cash collateral litigation.

The Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights department draws upon the Firm's substantial resources in commercial law, corporate law, litigation, real estate, intellectual property and tax and business law to assist creditors and debtors in achieving their goals. This approach assures our clients the full range of legal advice and representation they are likely to need in the difficult circumstances caused by financial distress.