Bankruptcy/Restructuring
USA Guide 2024 : Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds
Band 5
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Provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Our bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency lawyers provide strategic, creative solutions to address issues arising from troubled investments and loans worldwide. We are a full-service bankruptcy and restructuring practice with teams dedicated to traditional restructurings, documentation throughout transactions, and, when necessary, insolvency litigation. With lawyers in offices across the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we have handled bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency matters for clients in more than 90 countries.
Our elite services for clients cover a broad array of industries, including financial services, insurance, energy, retail, travel, automotive, telecommunications, infrastructure, technology, healthcare, aviation, real estate, shipping, manufacturing, sovereign debt, municipal finance, and tribal gaming.
Spanning a wide range of assignments and client constituencies, our experience includes advising ad hoc noteholder groups, institutional investors, debtors, creditors’ committees, acquirers, high-yield and distressed debt investors, insurance companies, banks, trustees, administrators, liquidators, boards of directors, shareholders, senior and junior debt holders, governments, and international agencies.
Chambers Review
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is well regarded for its in-depth representation of creditors and institutional investors. The team routinely handles both out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings. The practitioners draw on their previous experiences to act as effective litigators in complex disputes.
Work Highlights
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP represented Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in Delaware, and litigation in Delaware and New Jersey.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It is a pleasure to work with the whole team at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. It is flexible in terms of budget requirements, and does not let financing get in the way of doing fantastic work. It has an ability to cut through nonsense and handle contentious matters."
"Morgan Lewis & Bockius is able to handle the highest risk and most complex matters. The team is trustworthy and able to provide our matters with lots of attention and responsiveness. It is always practical and views our matters through both a legal and business lens."
"It is a pleasure to work with the whole team at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. It is flexible in terms of budget requirements, and does not let financing get in the way of doing fantastic work. It has an ability to cut through nonsense and handle contentious matters."
"Morgan Lewis & Bockius is able to handle the highest risk and most complex matters. The team is trustworthy and able to provide our matters with lots of attention and responsiveness. It is always practical and views our matters through both a legal and business lens."
Notable Practitioners
John Goodchild is co-head of the bankruptcy and restructuring department. He acts on behalf of a range of parties, including lenders and fiduciaries, in high-value contentious bankruptcy matters, both nationally and internationally. He is a specialist in debtor representation of healthcare bankruptcies.
"John is a litigator in bankruptcy matters who is good at difficult contentious calls, and getting his views across in a way that is not like petrol on flames. He is calm, clear and concise in his interactions with the parties."
"John is excellent and one of the smartest people I know. He is four moves ahead in the chess game, because he is good in theory and at decision-making."
Matthew Ziegler is a burgeoning talent in the market whose practice is skilled in domestic and cross-border restructuring. His broad client base looks to him for advice in Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court reorganizations.
"Matthew has good judgment as to what he should and should not push on in court. He checks all the boxes, he's smart, he can write, he can argue and he's a hard worker."
"Matthew is the man that has eyes on everything; he is able to keep abreast on all jurisdictions and he is good at the overall strategic picture. He has a clear eye for how the myriad of moving parts fit together and he can manage the diverse interests to the benefit of his client."
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