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Pryor Cashman’s Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights Group prides itself on providing exceptional legal representation to diverse clients confronted with the ever-growing range of issues arising under bankruptcy and insolvency law. The group is a key component of our firm’s broad-based commercial and individual client practices.

Because bankruptcy and insolvency issues can arise in virtually any commercial matter, we regularly support other practice areas within our firm in the development of effective strategies for clients, the structuring of transactions, and the representation of clients during the judicial phases of bankruptcy and insolvency-related engagements.

Our attorneys have the experience necessary to solve the multidisciplinary problems presented by business and individual insolvencies, including those involving real estate, intellectual property, tax, labor, pension, corporate and securities, litigation, and mergers and acquisitions.

The attorneys in our Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights Group have appeared in U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts across the country in connection with all aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency and related creditors’ rights representations. These include:

Acquisitions of assets from distressed entities or bankruptcy estates
Alternatives to bankruptcy, including non-judicial workouts, restructurings, acquisitions and financings
Bankruptcy litigation (motions, discovery proceedings, hearings, evidentiary proceedings, trials and appeals)
Business dissolution proceedings (judicial and non-judicial)
Creditor committee representation, including representation of members of such committees
Debtor-in-possession financing transactions
Financing and securitization transactions
Involuntary bankruptcies
Lender liability disputes and litigation
Perfection and protection of liens in collateral
Reorganization and liquidation plans
Representation of indenture trustees for publicly issued debt and related corporate trust matters relating to insolvency, defaults and remedies
State law remedies, including the enforcement of judgments
Structuring financings, real estate transactions and commercial transactions to address or anticipate bankruptcy and insolvency issues (including the use of special purpose vehicles and giving non-consolidation opinions for securitizations and other financing matters)

Our Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights Group has the capability of representing any client who may be affected by issues relating to bankruptcy or insolvency. We have represented:

Corporate and individual clients (including directors and corporate managers)
Creditors’ committees (official and unofficial)
Debtors
Equity holders and partners in public and privately-held business entities
Franchisors and franchisees
Indenture trustees
Institutional lenders and investors
Lessors and lessees
Licensors and licensees
Official representatives of special creditor constituencies such as unions, pension funds, retirees and future tort claimants
Purchasers of assets from bankruptcy estates
Purchasers and sellers of claims and interests
Secured and unsecured creditors
Suppliers and customers
Trustees

Representative Cases

Over the years, the attorneys from our Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights Group have been involved in numerous high profile and/or complex bankruptcies. For a representative list of some of the cases in which our group has been involved on behalf of our clients, please click here.

Areas of Focus

Pryor Cashman LLP may be considered a debt relief agency because the Firm helps people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.

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