Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
Our bankruptcy and creditor’s rights attorneys have significant experience in handling all types of insolvency and creditor’s rights matters and related litigation, including out of court restructuring and workouts, collection litigation, bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings.
Our practitioners in this group have represented secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, creditor committees and bankruptcy trustees in Chapter 11 reorganizations and in Chapter 7 liquidations. Additionally, our attorneys have significant experience representing parties in preference and fraudulent transfer actions, lien priority disputes, and other contested matters that arise in bankruptcy cases.
We also represent a wide range of clients outside of the bankruptcy context, by providing advice related to the structuring and restructuring of transactions and business relationships. Our experience in such matters ranges from routine real and personal property secured financing and enforcement to complex operating company, real estate and bank holding company financing matters. Otteson Shapiro has significant experience negotiating and documenting loan workouts, and helping secured and unsecured creditors with a variety of lending issues, including lender liability matters. We also litigate financial cases outside of bankruptcy, as well as handle receiverships, real estate and personal property foreclosures and other collection matters.
Our clients in this area include:
- Financial institutions
- Non-traditional lenders
- Equipment lessors
- Construction and development entities
- Distressed real estate owners
- High-tech companies
- Manufacturers
- Retailers
- Franchisors and franchisees
- Chapter 7 trustees
- Corporate officers and directors
- Buyers of distressed assets
- Troubled businesses