Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights

The Corporate Reorganization, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice at Vedder Price provides a full range of legal services to its client base of regional, national and international institutional lenders, investment bankers, banks, mutual funds, other financiers and mid-sized and large corporations in all industries, including:  aircraft and equipment finance, steel, manufacturing, retail, automotive, leasing and services. Our practice, chaired by Douglas J. Lipke, combines the experience of multiple disciplines within the firm, including commercial finance, banking, equipment and project finance, litigation, securities, tax, asset securitization and real estate, blending bankruptcy specialists, transactional attorneys and experienced litigators who work together to analyze the transaction, propose a resolution and implement the solution, whether it be through negotiation or litigation. We have a reputation for formulating and implementing practical, cost-effective strategies to serve our clients’ objectives.

Our clients benefit from our experience in such matters as:

• secured lender debtor-in-possession financing in Chapter 11 cases involving corporate debtors
• representation of secured lenders and equipment lessors in Chapter 11 cases involving corporate debtors
• aircraft and equipment finance insolvency matters
• acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and assets in bankruptcy and workout proceedings
• health care insolvency matters
• executive compensation in Chapter 11 and troubled company situations
• representation of creditors' trustees, litigation trustees and plan representatives in Chapter 11 cases
• representation of telecommunications clients in bankruptcy proceedings including service providers, carrier hotels and quasi-governmental agencies
• representation of lessors and tenants in bankruptcy proceedings
• representation of debtors, creditors’ committees and unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 cases
• defense of alleged preferences and fraudulent transfers in bankruptcy proceedings
• real estate workouts, foreclosures and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosures
• assignments for the benefit of creditors
• restructuring, refinancings and workouts of bankruptcy matters
• Uniform Commercial Code sales and other matters

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• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Corporate Reorganization
• Secured Lending
• Subprime Lending and Mortgage Task Force

• Vedder Price Ranks Among Top U.S. Bankruptcy Firms for Lenders
• Around the water cooler — Vedder Price’s task force
• Bankruptcy Litigation Attorneys Join Vedder Price in Chicago
• Vedder Price Institutes Subprime Lending and Mortgage Task Force
• Bankruptcy Attorney Moves to Vedder Price
• Vedder Price Recognized as Top US Bankruptcy Law Firm
• Covering Your Assets; Doing Business with a Customer or Supplier Having Financial Difficulties
• Deepening Insolvency-A Guide for Corporate Boards and Executive Officers
• Aircraft Finance-related Provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
• Section 541: Property of the Estate

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