Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights

The Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights group engages in all phases of insolvency, reorganization, restructuring, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and commercial law. Our practice group has participated in many of the largest bankruptcy and restructuring cases throughout Texas and the United States. We have represented clients as debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, ad hoc and official committees, lenders and bank groups, asset purchasers, landlords, equipment lessors, vendors, investors, insurers and trustees. Our attorneys are intimately familiar with virtually every facet of bankruptcy, reorganization and the workout process including the representation of purchasers of entire businesses or business segments of troubled enterprises both in and outside of Chapter 11. Our experience includes Chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations, out-of-court workouts, financial restructurings, pre-packaged and pre-negotiated plans, and cross-border insolvencies. In addition, we have significant experience in litigation arising out of or related to the bankruptcy process including complex state and federal court actions, and matters involving fraud and commercial crimes.

Our representation of financial institutions and other corporate clients includes counseling, negotiating and documenting a broad range of commercial finance and lease transactions secured by a wide variety of collateral. These transactions involve representing lenders, lender groups and lender group agents when the loans are made, and in all phases of workouts and restructurings of those loans. We also have significant exposure representing lessors. Our expertise in corporate finance, leasing, tax, real estate, real estate finance, environmental, corporate and securities, and complex commercial litigation matters provides a broad base of experience to negotiate, document and enforce transactions arising in the bankruptcy and restructuring arena.