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 450 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
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers: “America Best Law Firms”
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency Law:
- Nationally ranked (2010 – 2012 )
- Boston (2010 – 2012)
- New York (2011 – 2012)
- San Diego (2011 – 2012)
- Bankruptcy - Litigation
- Nationally ranked (2011 – 2012)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Practice leader included for 25+ consecutive years and named Lawyer of the Year in 2010 and 2013
- 9 bankruptcy attorneys listed
- American College of Bankruptcy
- 4 attorneys are members, and one attorney serves as vice president and chairs its National Education Committee
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Practice ranked in Massachusetts
- 6 bankruptcy attorneys listed
- Practice leader named a Star Individual
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers
- More bankruptcy lawyers listed than any other firm in New England
- 2 bankruptcy lawyers listed in the top 100 lawyers in any field
- San Diego Super Lawyers
- Senior bankruptcy attorney ranked (2007 – 2011)
- New York Super Lawyers
- Senior bankruptcy attorney ranked (2006 – 2011)