Our restructuring and insolvency team is one of the largest and most experienced in the United States. 

Our restructuring and insolvency lawyers have substantial experience in representing parties complex insolvency matters.

Our experience includes:

• secured and unsecured creditors,
• committees (both official and ad hoc),
• bondholders,
• asset purchasers,
• equity sponsors,
• debtors,
• trustees and
• other parties involved in financial restructuring transactions and cases, both in and out of court. 

By way of illustration, we have handled bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring representations, including:

• Complex loan restructurings
• Prepackaged, pre-negotiated and traditional Chapter 11 plans
• Bankruptcy litigation, such as preferential transfers, fraudulent transfers, equitable subordination, substantive consolidation, recharacterization and officer and director liability
• Valuation and solvency proceedings
• Debtor-in-possession and exit financings
• Executory contracts, leases, intellectual property licenses, and forward, swap and trading contracts
• International bankruptcy cases, international Insolvency arbitrations and Chapter 15 proceedings, including UNCITRAL and European Union Regulation matters 
• Sales and purchase of assets
• Lender liability controversies
• Mediation of bankruptcy disputes

Teamwork

Our restructuring and insolvency team is able to take advantage of the resources of a large, multi-faceted firm that has national and international transaction and litigation experience. As a consequence, we utilize the skills of other firm lawyers who concentrate their services in other areas of law, including:

• Corporate and Securities
• Energy
• Environmental
• Health
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Labor and Employment
• Litigation
• Equipment Finance
• Structured and Project Finance
• Real Estate
• Tax

Our restructuring and insolvency team can rapidly assemble and deliver the right team of lawyers and other professionals to deliver a skillful, comprehensive and value-added solution to insolvency-related issues.

Diverse client base

In a volatile economy, no segment of the economy is immune from insolvency or bankruptcy problems and issues. Throughout the years, our restructuring and insolvency team has represented a diverse range of clients with interests in all industries, including aerospace, automotive, banking and finance, construction, energy and utilities, financial products and services, commodities (business services), healthcare products and services, manufacturing, metals and mining, professional services, real estate, retail, technology (computer hardware, software and services), telecommunications, and transportation.

About our bankruptcy and insolvency group

We are uniquely well-positioned to assist in formulating and executing an appropriate solution to insolvency issues. Our restructuring and insolvency team has broad experience in both the transactional and litigation aspects of bankruptcy service and have extensive experience in handling cross-border and international insolvencies. 

Our restructuring and insolvency team, and the individual lawyers in the group, are widely respected by their colleagues and peers. Our restructuring and insolvency lawyers are consistently ranked as one of the most distinguished insolvency groups in the United States.  

Several of our partners have been elected into the prestigious American College of Bankruptcy, with one having recently served as Chair of the College and another having recently served as Chair of the Board of Regents of the College.  One of our partners formerly served as Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and another has achieved the designation of being a Certified Fraud Examiner. Members of our bankruptcy team are also actively involved in lecturing and writing on bankruptcy topics and have authored numerous articles and other materials relating to debtors and creditors' rights.   

For further information or questions regarding our restructuring and insolvency team, please contact Louis R. Strubeck, national chair of the group. 

Awards

• Chambers USA Guide recognized the firm as one of the leading legal practices for Bankruptcy/Restructuring work in the U.S. (2010)
• Chambers USA Guide recognized six of our lawyers in the Bankruptcy & Insolvency team  (2010)
• Best Lawyers listed 12 of our lawyers as "Best Lawyers" in the Bankruptcy service area (2010)
• Who's Who Legal listed six of our lawyers as leading practitioners in the Insolvency & Restructuring service area (2009)
• Super Lawyers listed nine of our lawyers as "Super Lawyers" in the Bankruptcy service area (2009)