Bankruptcy & Restructuring.
Debt, default, and the way back. We guide companies through restructuring and stand up for creditors when the payments stop — steady hands for the moments when the numbers no longer cooperate, working closely with our finance and corporate colleagues.
340+Restructuring and insolvency matters handled for debtors and creditors
78%Of Chapter 11 cases confirmed with a viable plan
24hStandard response window on emergency stay motions
Overview
Insolvency is rarely the end of the story. Handled well, a restructuring preserves value, jobs, and relationships that liquidation would destroy — and we have steered enough of them to know which levers actually move a case.
Chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, creditor committees, distressed acquisitions. We represent debtors fighting to survive and creditors fighting to be paid — which means we know what the other side will argue before they argue it.
Cross-border insolvencies pull our Chicago team into recognition proceedings and parallel plans abroad; our London headquarters and associated counsel in Singapore coordinate under one instruction, so an overseas filing never blindsides a US case.
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The Bankruptcy & Restructuring team
See all peopleWhat the record says
They saved the business sixty days before payroll ran out. We never missed a paycheck.Debtor client survey, 2025
Aggressive exactly where it mattered and pragmatic everywhere else — our recovery beat the projections.Creditor committee survey, 2025
Recent work
Matters we're proud of
Chapter 11
Reorganization confirmed for a regional logistics carrier with 1,200 employees
Creditors
Unsecured committee steered to a forty-point recovery improvement in retail case
Workout
Out-of-court restructuring of $90M in secured notes across five lenders
Distressed M&A
Section 363 sale of a manufacturing group closed in seventy-one days
Latest articles and knowledge
Preference clawbacks: the 90-day audit to run before filing season
Personal guarantees — negotiating them before the storm
A plan before the deadline finds you
A confidential first conversation about restructuring options — debtor or creditor.
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