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Contact:   Gary Lee

The Morrison & Foerster Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group is committed to developing and executing creative and effective solutions for its clients. We have expertise in a wide array of complex bankruptcy, insolvency, finance and restructuring matters, and represent a diverse group of domestic and international interests. Our clients include money-center banks, investment banks, private equity and hedge fund institutions, committees, operating companies, governmental entities, insurers and reinsurers.

Whom We Represent

• Debtors
• Creditors’ Committees
• Individual Creditors
• Lenders
• Trustees, Receivers and Liquidators

Our Industry Experience

• Financial Institutions/Hedge Funds/Private Equity Funds
• Real Estate and Development
• Airline/Aviation
• Telecommunications
• Technology/Life Sciences/Venture Capital
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Energy and Natural Resources/Cleantech
• Automotive and Other Transportation

Our Core Strengths

Representing ad hoc and official committees, as well as individual secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, non-judicial workouts and restructurings Advising on hedge fund failures, and devising creditor and investor solutions, including salvage of international and domestic portfolio companies

Advising stakeholders regarding credit default swaps and other derivatives, structured products at risk (e.g., CDO’s, CLO’s, SIV’s, etc.)

Representing parties in distressed mergers and acquisitions, including purchase and sale of distressed assets loans and financial products

Representing liquidators, debtors and other players in cross-border, insolvency proceedings and workouts involving off-shore jurisdictions (such as Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands), China, Japan, Latin America and Europe and their related Chapter 15 or Chapter 11 filings

Navigating debtor and creditor rights in highly regulated industries such as telecommunications, energy and commodities, mortgages, aviation and insurance

Evaluating opportunities for financial institutions, investment funds, developers, landlords, and real estate funds in workouts, restructurings and bankruptcies

Developing and implementing leading IP, licensing and technology solutions in diverse industry sectors

Representing insurers, reinsurers and financial players in domestic and cross-border insurance insolvency proceedings

Advising clients on the purchase or sale of assets through the Chapter 11 process

Structuring transactions to minimize counter-party default and credit risks; enforcing rights for asset-based LBO, CDO and other lenders and private equity investors

Representation of venture capital investors and portfolio companies using assignments for the benefit of creditors, foreclosures and other techniques to achieve restarts or other useful salvage

Employing the firm’s multidisciplinary practices to achieve a one-stop solution in distressed situations

Restructuring leases, selling assets, administrating aircraft lease rejection and tax indemnity claims, and managing complicated labor and employment matters that arise when airlines face restructuring and insolvency events.