Practices


Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy

The Bankruptcy Practice Group at Bass, Berry & Sims has handled all types of bankruptcy matters across the United States in a variety of industries, including:
  • Automotive
  • Banking/Lending
  • Coal mining
  • Entertainment
  • Food Service and Food Products
  • Healthcare
  • Petroleum manufacturing/distributing
  • Real Estate
  • Retail manufacturing/sales
  • Nonprofit organizations

Our broad range of clients, both secured and unsecured commercial creditors and debtors, 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

Our attorneys have been involved in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, from pre-bankruptcy negotiations to confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, including various types of litigation and mediation at both the trial and appellate levels. A significant portion of our practice also involves commercial loan workouts and representation of secured lenders in consumer cases, including foreclosure matters.

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, attorneys in this group work closely with members of the firm's other practice groups, 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.

Our bankruptcy attorneys have been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, Super Lawyers, Business Tennessee, Chambers USA, and Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar.


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