Bankruptcy Litigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. (SHB) provides expertise in a wide variety of bankruptcy and creditors? rights issues for secured creditors, unsecured creditors, debtors, lessors, lessees and investors. While most bankruptcy, also known as Chapter 11, claims typically don?t result in bankruptcy litigation, they do, however, comprise a great deal of litigation opportunities and contested matters within the claim.

SHB Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice is experienced in bankruptcy litigation, along with negotiating and enforcing all types of bankruptcy claims. Because we believe education is a critical way to avoid bankruptcy litigation and bankruptcy-related issues in general, we are pleased to act as a resource for our clients in terms of receiving assistance with debtor financing and other financial issues, such as corporate reorganizations, and selling and purchasing property out of bankruptcy estates. In addition, we have represented creditors in bankruptcy litigation involving preferences, fraudulent conveyances, post-petition transfers, setoffs and lien priority disputes.

We recognize that insolvency often leads to a necessary restructuring of the debtor-creditor relationship. Experienced in all facets of bankruptcy counseling, we provide guidance on these types of workouts and various other alternatives, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, repossessions and foreclosures that aim to restructure the relationship or enforce the obligation.

This experience includes the pursuit of creditors' rights outside bankruptcy by obtaining U.S. judgments against debtors and enforcing foreign judgments in the United States. In this process, we have worked closely with private investigative firms specializing in the location of hidden assets. Drawing on our extensive bankruptcy litigation background, our bankruptcy lawyers have also written published treatises on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

Whether or not your bankruptcy case becomes complex enough to require bankruptcy litigation, it is imperative to work with professional attorneys skilled in the many facets of bankruptcy. Contact us today.