Restructuring & Insolvency

Our lawyers appear in bankruptcy courts and other courts across the country. Representing the full range of stakeholders, clients include secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, equity holders, asset and debt purchasers, estate fiduciaries, litigation trusts and other parties in complex insolvency-related litigation and transactions.

As trusted advisers in large-scale regional, national and cross-border matters, we have deep experience across industries, including energy, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, mining, government contracting, financial services, insurance and reinsurance, and technology.

The 30-lawyer group includes adjunct bankruptcy professors, former judicial clerks for bankruptcy judges, members of the American College of Bankruptcy, as well as members of regional and national industry organizations such as the American Bankruptcy Institute, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, and Turnaround Management Association.

How We Help

Our collaborative, results-oriented approach garners timely resolutions that improve efficiency and preserve value, while positioning clients to succeed at every stage of the process. McGuireWoods stands ready to assist clients with the full spectrum of insolvency-related challenges, in and out of court.

Acquirers and strategic purchasers
Bank groups and agents
Chapter 11 and 15 cases
Insolvency-related litigation and bankruptcy court litigation
Out-of-court workouts
Private equity and private credit funds
Secured creditors and unsecured creditors’ committees
Senior and mezzanine lenders
Trustees, boards of directors and receivers

Representative Experience

Series of leading domestic durable goods manufacturing companies in chapter 11 mass tort matters in bankruptcy and appellate courts;
Litigation trust in a Delaware chapter 11 case and related insolvency proceedings in Israel and Bermuda involving $3 billion letter of credit fraud and reinsurance markets;
Leading international diversified financial institution as primary secured creditor to a not-for-profit hospital in New England;
Leading international diversified financial institution as administrative agent in a $900 million revolving and letter of credit facility in a chapter 11 case in Texas, and in restructuring a $400 million revolving loan to a leading online technology and marketing company;
Leading international diversified financial institution as administrative agent under a revolving credit and term loan facility in the Delaware chapter 11 case of an international consumer products manufacturer; and
Series of leading domestic durable goods manufacturing companies in chapter 11 mass tort matters in bankruptcy and appellate courts.

McGuireWoods’ Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group — recognized as one of the premier insolvency practices in the United States — provides strategic counsel across all types of financial and operational restructurings, distressed situations and workout matters.

Nationwide ranking as a “Highly Regarded” firm for bankruptcy/restructuring, as well as state rankings.

– Chambers USA
National practice ranking for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law.

– Best Law Firms
Multiple partners named bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law “Lawyers of the Year.”

– Best Lawyers in America