Missouri Law Firm

The Missouri law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (SHB) practices in a number of areas of expertise, including Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, law firm credentials for this prestigious partnership include the ability to draw upon the expertise of 1,500 attorneys, research analysts and paraprofessionals in nine offices strategically placed throughout the United States and Europe.

As one of the most experienced Missouri law firms in the Midwest, we provide expertise in a wide variety of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues for secured creditors, unsecured creditors, debtors, lessors, lessees, and investors. We are experienced in negotiating, litigating and enforcing all types of claims in bankruptcy. Our clients can receive assistance with debtor financing and other financial issues; 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 not just to bankruptcy filing, but to a restructuring of the debtor-creditor relationship. Conversant in all facets of bankruptcy counseling, SHB attorneys provide our Missouri law firm clients—and clients around the U.S.—with 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 U.S. In executing such actions, we have worked closely with private investigative firms specializing in the location of hidden assets. With an extensive litigation background, SHB bankruptcy lawyers also have written published treatises on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

If you are searching for a Missouri law firm that can address your bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, contact us today. We look forward to working with you.