Our nationally recognized, interdisciplinary business restructuring team advises a wide range of financially distressed businesses and individuals in out-of-court workouts and bankruptcy proceedings in New England and throughout the United States, including recent matters in the busy bankruptcy courts of Delaware, Texas, and New York.
We are especially experienced in corporate restructurings, representing debtors, secured lenders, official committees, unsecured creditors, investors, buyers and sellers of distressed assets, equity holders, vendors, landlords, and other parties in connection with Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies, receiverships, out-of-court workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, Section 363 and other distressed sales, debtor-in-possession (DIP) and exit financings, and bankruptcy litigation and appeals.
Our team’s experience spans nearly every industry, both locally and nationally. We represent clients in manufacturing, retail, commercial real estate, seafood and other food products, transportation, hospitality, and throughout the health care industry, including restructurings and distressed transactions involving senior housing and assisted living facilities, skilled nursing, safety net hospitals, FQHCs, and private health care practices.
Our attorneys advise struggling businesses to identify and implement strategies to maximize value, while also advising strategic buyers and investors in acquiring distressed assets to unlock significant opportunities. Because these reorganizations touch on all aspects of a business, our BRI team works closely with our regulatory and other lawyers to develop comprehensive solutions for clients, including collaborating with attorneys in the firm’s M&A, health care, energy and environmental, litigation, tax, labor and employment, employee benefits, real estate, and litigation practice groups to provide the specific knowledge and resources necessary to efficiently address the needs of clients.
What we do
We provide a range of services for clients in all aspects of complex bankruptcy proceedings, bringing a deep bench of expertise, local knowledge, decades of experience, and a comprehensive understanding of transactional, commercial, and litigation issues to every case.
Within New England, we play a significant role in most business bankruptcy and Chapter 11 cases that are filed, with a particular focus on representing Chapter 11 debtors. Outside of New England, we’ve represented Chapter 11 debtors, asset purchasers in Section 363 and plan sales of assets, and other major parties-in-interest in all aspects of Chapter 11 cases and bankruptcy-related litigation.
Our attorneys specialize in:
- Chapter 11 restructurings and asset sales and acquisitions, with an emphasis on representing Chapter 11 debtors
- Bankruptcy and commercial litigation, including complex commercial litigation, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, non-dischargeability proceedings, claim objections, and all levels of bankruptcy appeals
- Distressed health care transactions, financings, sales, mergers, and reorganizations
- Representing creditors, lenders, landlords, and other parties with special interests in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases
- Leading practice representing small business debtors successfully reorganize under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 (Small Business Reorganization Act)
- Complex bankruptcy mediation and fiduciary services
Why choose us
Deep interdisciplinary expertise is the backbone of our value to our clients. And collaboration—within the group, and across the firm, with our legal partners, and with our clients—is what we’ve built our reputation on.
Our team’s expertise spans commercial and business tort litigation. We collaborate closely with attorneys across the firm—including those focused on corporate transactions, health care, energy, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, finance, intellectual property, and land use matters—to handle complex disputes, structure sophisticated deals, and deliver strategic legal and business counsel to financially distressed entities and the businesses that work with them.