If you face restructuring issues for your own company, your borrowers, or people you do business with, we can help. We have a strong reputation for representing large, sophisticated debtors in matters that require significant resources and specialized knowledge. We are able to draw upon the legal resources within the firm to handle the nonbankruptcy issues that often become a source of disputes during Chapter 11 reorganization cases.
Our practice is considered to be one of the premier bankruptcy and workout practices for tax-exempt bondholders. We have represented tax-exempt and taxable bondholders and their indenture trustees doing business throughout the country and internationally, and we have appeared in bankruptcy courts in almost every state in the nation.
We know the intricacies of deal documents as well as how to attack or defend them. Throughout the bankruptcy process, we are always attentive to the cost that must be shouldered by the client and the fact that, in the end, the client’s needs and desires are paramount.
Quick Facts
- Nationally recognized bankruptcy practice
- Supported by a full-service firm of approximately 500 attorneys in virtually all areas of law
- Comprehensive, creative, and cost-effective representation in the most complex insolvency and reorganization proceedings
- Experience representing all parties and interests involved in the debtor / creditor relationship
- Deep knowledge of creditors’ remedies allows for effective, efficient representation for our debtor clients
- Past and present leaders and board members at American College of Bankruptcy, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation, American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
Areas of Focus
- Acquisitions or dispositions of financially distressed entities or their assets
- Bondholder, indenture trustees, and bond issuers in debt restructurings, workouts, reorganizations including Chapter 9 filings
- Debtors in Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings
- Distressed debt and claims trading
- Landlords with respect to financially distressed tenants
- Litigation of insurance coverage disputes arising from bankruptcies
- Representation of boards, individual directors, and management of financially stressed companies
- Structured financings and asset based lending
- Secured and unsecured creditors, including parties providing debtor-in-possession financing
- Uniform Commercial Code issues and litigation
Rankings & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America
- 8 bankruptcy attorneys listed within the Boston, New York, and San Diego offices
- Chambers USA
- Practice ranked 1st Tier in Massachusetts, one of only three firms ranked
- 4 bankruptcy attorneys listed
- The Legal 500 United States
- Practice recognized as a leading firm within the Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy practice area
- Practice leader named "Leading Lawyer," the highest ranking for individual lawyers, for Finance - Municipal Bankruptcy
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- 8 bankruptcy attorneys recognized
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers: “America Best Law Firms”
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency Law:
- Nationally ranked (2010 – 2017)
- Boston (2010 – 2017)
- San Diego (2011 – 2017)
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Nationally ranked (2011 – 2017)
- Boston (2013 – 2017)
- New York (2013 – 2017)
- San Diego (2013 – 2017)
- M&A Advisor
- 3 bankruptcy lawyers recognized as deal team member recipients of the 2015 "Restructuring Community Impact" Award
- Multi-year recognition at the Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards