Schiff Hardin Bankruptcy Law Firm Chicago

Comprised of nationally Recognized insolvency lawyers, Schiff Hardin's Restructuring Group provides excellent company and legal advice to all constituencies in complicated restructurings, both in and out of court.

We represent a wide selection of national and international clients in corporate restructurings, workouts, and lawsuits.

We are frequently called upon to assist companies facing financial distress, the creditors of a distressed company, or investors searching for opportunities to purchase specific assets or a distressed business.

Our clients include secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders investors, and interested purchasers, debtors, and boards of supervisors, creditors' committees, and equity holders' committees.

Experienced Bankruptcy Law Firm Chicago

We regularly assist in the Restructurings of entities that finance their operations through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, representing both themselves along with the creditors, bond trustees, mutual funds, and other investors that purchase and own the bonds.

We've got significant experience with pre-bankruptcy workouts and forbearances, in addition to bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings.

We often have a team approach to addressing insolvency issues, working with Schiff Hardin attorneys in other practice areas, including finance, securities, corporate, tax, litigation, and energy law -- to provide cutting-edge solutions to clients in distressed conditions.

Lawyers at the Restructuring Group have been known as significant bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers by Chambers USA, Law Bulletin's Illinois Leading Lawyers Network, Super Lawyers, and U.S. News-Best Lawyers.

Industry Experience

Schiff Hardin's Restructuring Group has extensive experience representing clients in a broad selection of industries involving unique and complex business and legal issues. We frequently represent clients in various sectors, including public finance, energy, food and beverage, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, property and construction, retail, and high education.

We provide pragmatic advice and strategic planning for any Customer Involved in a distressed municipal bond transaction, working closely together with all our Public Finance Group to create innovative strategies for every municipal trade. We signify indenture trustees, institutional debt holders, hedge funds, and secured creditors in out-of-court workouts and civil bankruptcy proceedings. Our clients are in virtually all industry sectors of municipal investment, especially health care, infrastructure, hotels, manufacturing, education, and home. We've got expertise in chapter 9 cases as well as chapter 11 and 7 points.

Energy

Our extensive experience and multidisciplinary approach to Restructurings in the energy business has yielded successful results for our clients. Our restructuring lawyers routinely collaborate with Schiff Hardin's Energy and Public Utilities Practice Group to present broad regulatory and industry-focused restructuring and bankruptcy advice in virtually every energy sector, including oil and gasoline, ethanol, other energy resources, solar, and natural gas. Our clients include domestic and global manufacturers and distributors of energy resources.

Food and Beverage

We've Got an in-depth understanding of the applicable state and federal Regulatory laws implicated by restructurings within this business. This understanding enables us to supply clients in distressed situations with legal and business solutions to complex challenges.

We've served as counsel to several large food and beverage Firms in a significant bankruptcy proceeding. We are aware of the unique nature of our clients' products and the special rights and regulatory strategy that enables our clients to recuperate on often perishable commodities produced to an insolvent or bankrupt client.

We also have represented gear lenders to franchisees, effectively protecting their interests in a sale, liquidation, or transition to another franchisee. Likewise, our restructuring attorneys have advised retail and restaurants food providers, navigating them through the restructuring procedure.

Health Care

We've Got substantial experience representing medical centers, Hospitals, CCRCs, nursing homes, and similar amenities, along with creditors Providing funding to healthcare facilities and other interested parties. Through these representations, we have gained a comprehensive understanding of the Intricacies involved in healthcare sector restructurings.

Higher Education

Lenders and borrowers of duties owed by universities, charter schools, and other higher education facilities have engaged us when faced with a need to restructure debt or negotiate and resolve regulatory problems. Our bankruptcy lawyers have provided creative solutions to these intricate hybrid issues requiring sophisticated workout and regulatory experience.

Hospitality

Our varied bench of restructuring lawyers assists our hospitality Customers with a range of real estate, finance, labor, environmental, and other legal issues. By way of example, we represented a leading global investment banking company in an airline's chapter 11 filings concerning hotel lodging providers agreements. We have also represented bondholders and indenture trustees from the restructuring of debt on a resort. Our training lawyers can also call on Schiff Hardin's clinic groups in each of these areas for competent assistance.

Insurance

We have made a distinguished national reputation for Representing insurance companies in cases across the country, effectively solving claims and protecting coverage issues asserted by class action plaintiffs, debtors, directors and supervisors, and other insolvent insureds.

We work closely with the firm's insurance and reinsurance practice on each matter, implementing their grand nationwide and international experience representing clients in the united kingdom, the EU, Bermuda, and Japan.

Our restructuring attorneys' notable representations include the Representation of this Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America and The Catholic Relief Insurance Company of America at Diocese chapter 11 filings across the nation.

Real Estate and Construction

We frequently represent creditors, landlords, agents, architects, building companies, and other creditors in real estate and construction insolvency proceedings. We work closely with our real estate, finance, and construction groups to develop practical and creative approaches to reach our client's goals and optimize recoveries.

As in most industries, interested parties might have competing Pursuits, requiring a unique perspective. Our extensive work with parties across the real estate business has given us an appreciation for all such views.

Retail

We routinely represent creditor's committees, landlords, and Sellers in lots of the most significant and most complicated retail restructurings. Our lawyers have substantial experience developing strategies to successfully employ the restructuring tools accessible to every retail customer's requirements.

As Contest from online sales increases, traditional retailers have come under increasing financial pressure. Our restructuring attorneys understand the unique Facets of retail restructuring, including the special rights accessible to the sellers of goods to an insolvent or bankrupt customer and the retailer's competing need to obtain the products and the essential financing to continue operating.

Schiff Hardin Bankruptcy Law Firm

Address - 233 South Wacker Drive Suite 7100 Chicago, IL 60606

Contact - 312-258-5500

Website - https://www.schiffhardin.com/services/practices/restructuring