
Restructuring and Bankruptcy
Our attorneys have been involved in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, including pre-bankruptcy negotiations, confirmation of Chapter 11 plans of reorganization, investigation and litigation of preferences, fraudulent transfers, and other potential estate causes of actions, including directors and officers claims and deepening insolvency claims.
The Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice at Bass, Berry & Sims has been involved in significant bankruptcy matters cases across the United States in a variety of industries, including:
- Automotive
- Banking/Lending
- Coal mining
- Entertainment
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing/distributing
- Real Estate (commercial, large residential development and mixed-use)
- Retail manufacturing/sales
- Nonprofit organizations
Our broad range of clients includes
- Individual lenders
- Banks, insurance companies, finance companies and other institutional lenders
- Equity holders and joint venturers in financially distressed companies
- Boards of distressed businesses
- 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 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
Chambers USA,
Best Lawyers in America®,
Lawdragon,
Super Lawyers,
Business Tennessee and
Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar.
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