Restructuring & Insolvency

Navigating the intricate terrain of financial distress, legal complexities, and nuanced stakeholder dynamics demands legal partners with prowess, depth, and a proven track record of adeptly guiding clients through a spectrum of restructuring and financing options, identifying opportunities, minimizing costs, and skillfully orchestrating strategic plans to pave the way for future success.

HOW WE HELP

Seyfarth’s multidisciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team has extensive experience spanning debt restructuring, financial reorganization, special situations, loan workouts, distressed financings and asset transactions, and bankruptcy litigation—with a focus on multijurisdictional, complex cases.

Our distinguished attorneys have a wealth of experience in restructuring and insolvency law, leveraging a deep understanding of financial markets and an extensive network. We operate seamlessly in collaborative environments to serve as trusted partners to diverse stakeholders, such as creditors, debtors, investors, and other entities involved in the restructuring process.

We focus much of our practice on distressed real estate, representing borrowers, sponsors, and lenders with the purchase and sale of non-performing mortgage loans and promissory notes, loan servicing, real estate and loan acquisition, and workout/litigation assistance across asset classes. Our team maximizes on the firm’s broader Real Estate practice which provides expertise across the full spectrum of legal matters within the industry. We are also closely linked to Seyfarth’s Servicing & Special Servicing practice, advising clients on a wide range of issues involving securitization, tax, securities law, defeasance, and loan assumptions.

In addition, our transactional and litigation lawyers collaborate to help clients navigate special situations that require out-of-the-box solutions to preserve investments and unlock company value. We work closely with distressed investors, executive management, boards of directors, private equity sponsors, and lenders to evaluate and overcome operational challenges, nonperforming units, liquidity constraints, strained supplier or vendor relationships, hostile shareholders, insider fraud or misconduct, and frozen assets due to compliance violations.

Known for delivering tailored and creative solutions, we effectively protect and enforce clients’ rights in and out of the courtroom. We invest in long-term relationships with our clients and build solutions that ensure enduring success.