Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring
Our Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency team has unrivalled experience in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region on formal and informal workouts, representing the full spectrum of stakeholders from corporate debtors to lender groups; creditor committees; board of directors and insolvency officers; bondholders; shareholders and private equity sponsors; and accountants and financial advisers.
Our bankruptcy and debtor/creditor team focuses primarily on representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and in courts in debtor/creditor matters. We represent a wide range of creditors, including financial institutions, commercial and residential real estate businesses, hospitals, insurance companies, assisted living facilities and home health care companies, accounts receivable and inventory financing, and retail operations, among others.
Our bankruptcy and debtor/creditor team focuses primarily on representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and in courts in debtor/creditor matters. We represent a wide range of creditors, including financial institutions, commercial and residential real estate businesses, hospitals, insurance companies, assisted living facilities and home health care companies, accounts receivable and inventory financing, and retail operations, among others.
Our lawyers have been involved in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, including:
- Filing of claims
- Litigation of contested bankruptcy matters
- Avoidance litigation
- Discharge / discharge-ability objections
- Complex preference
- Fraudulent transfer
- Negotiation of post-petition financing agreements and plans of reorganization
- Defense of preference and fraudulent conveyance claims
- Sale of assets
- Pursuit of all other avenues available to protect and preserve the creditor’s rights in a bankruptcy proceeding
- Negotiation, documentation and enforcement of non-bankruptcy workout arrangements and repayment plans
- Creditor-debtor relations
- Lender liability issues
Our lawyers also handle a variety of litigation matters that arise in courts involving debtor/creditor relations or lender liability issues. When needed, our bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorneys work closely with members of the firm’s other practice areas, such as Commercial Lending and Borrowing, Litigation, Environmental Law, Taxation, and Real Estate.
We frequently represent our clients in debtor/creditor and collections matters including issues involving
- Foreclosures
- Secured transactions, including the perfection and enforcement of security interests
- Receivership
- Consensual workouts
- Guarantor issues
- Enforcement and collection of judgments
