Bass, Berry & Sims | Practices

Practices Attorneys Contact Paul G. Jennings, Chair	Bankruptcy Bass, Berry & Sims PLC provides a full range of services in workouts, debt restructurings, reorganizations and bankruptcy. The firm has been involved in many major Chapter 11 cases in Tennessee in recent years and is routinely engaged by local clients to assist with bankruptcy cases around the country. Our practice is primarily a mix of creditor representation corporate debtors in large reorganization cases. The firm's broad range of clients includes: individual lenders banks, insurance companies, finance companies and other institutional lenders equity holders in financially distressed companies persons seeking to invest in troubled businesses or to acquire assets or entire businesses from a distressed or bankrupt seller receivers and trustees lessors and lessees of real estate; equipment and intellectual property unsecured creditors' committees publicly traded companies in Chapter 11 Recent Representations Co-counsel for Capital One in bankruptcy class action litigation Co-counsel for Regal Cinemas, Inc. in its successful pre-packaged Chapter 11 Co-counsel for Service Merchandise Company, Inc. in its Chapter 11 proceedings Creditor's committee counsel in Chapter 11 proceedings of Phoenix Restaurant Group Local counsel for Bank group in Nu-Kote Holdings Chapter 11 Several purchasers of hospital assets in New American Healthcare Chapter 11 Our attorneys also handle a variety of commercial litigation matters that arise in bankruptcy proceedings or in state or federal courts involving creditor-debtor relations or lender liability issues. In many instances, lawyers in this group work closely with members of the firm's other specialty areas such as financial institutions, tax, corporate and securities, real estate and environmental law. In addition, the firm has provided neutrals to mediate disputes in the bankruptcy-insolvency context, as well as in various commercial disputes. << top < back

Bankruptcy

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC provides a full range of services in workouts, debt restructurings, reorganizations and bankruptcy. The firm has been involved in many major Chapter 11 cases in Tennessee in recent years and is routinely engaged by local clients to assist with bankruptcy cases around the country. Our practice is primarily a mix of creditor representation corporate debtors in large reorganization cases.

The firm's broad range of clients includes:

individual lenders
banks, insurance companies, finance companies and other institutional lenders
equity holders in financially distressed companies
persons seeking to invest in troubled businesses or to acquire assets or entire businesses from a distressed or bankrupt seller
receivers and trustees
lessors and lessees of real estate; equipment and intellectual property
unsecured creditors' committees
publicly traded companies in Chapter 11

Recent Representations

Co-counsel for Capital One in bankruptcy class action litigation
Co-counsel for Regal Cinemas, Inc. in its successful pre-packaged Chapter 11
Co-counsel for Service Merchandise Company, Inc. in its Chapter 11 proceedings
Creditor's committee counsel in Chapter 11 proceedings of Phoenix Restaurant Group
Local counsel for Bank group in Nu-Kote Holdings Chapter 11
Several purchasers of hospital assets in New American Healthcare Chapter 11

Our attorneys also handle a variety of commercial litigation matters that arise in bankruptcy proceedings or in state or federal courts involving creditor-debtor relations or lender liability issues. In many instances, lawyers in this group work closely with members of the firm's other specialty areas such as financial institutions, tax, corporate and securities, real estate and environmental law. In addition, the firm has provided neutrals to mediate disputes in the bankruptcy-insolvency context, as well as in various commercial disputes.

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