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Overview
Vinson & Elkins' Insolvency and Reorganization team is one of the largest and most experienced in the country. Our lawyers are engaged in matters on behalf of debtors, lender groups, ad hoc creditor committees, official creditor committees, secured and unsecured creditors and trustees. We have experienced practitioners adept at all phases of the insolvency and restructuring process, whether pre-bankruptcy filing or post-bankruptcy filing. |
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Over the past 25 years our Insolvency and Reorganization lawyers have built and managed a successful workout, insolvency and reorganization practice that spans numerous other practice areas of our firm including financial institutions, corporate, securities, real estate, litigation, energy, labor, structured finance, ERISA, environmental and tax practice areas.
- Complex loan workouts in both bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy settings
- Exchange offers and prepackaged Chapter 11 plans of reorganization
- Pre-negotiated Chapter 11 plans of reorganization
- Representation of lender groups, secured creditors and creditors' committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases
- Representation of trustees in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases
- All phases of bankruptcy and lender liability litigation
- All phases of foreclosure and major collection work
- Documentation and administration of complex and multi-bank credit facilities in restructuring and reorganizations
Representative Client Industries
| Accounting |
Mining |
| Aerospace |
Petrochemical |
| Agriculture |
Power Plant |
| Animal Production |
Real Estate |
| Chemical |
Regulatory |
| Conglomerate |
Religious/Charitable |
| Construction |
Retail (Consumer Goods) |
| Defense |
Retail (Restaurant) |
| Distribution |
Retail (Theatre) |
| Energy Distribution |
Services |
| Energy E&P; |
Sports |
| Energy Refining |
Technology (Telecommunications) |
| Energy Services |
Trade (Export/Import) |
| Entertainment |
Transportation (Air) |
| Financial Services |
Transportation (Auto Leasing) |
| Forestry and Logging |
Transportation (Rail) |
| Government |
Transportation (Ship) |
| Healthcare |
Transportation (Trucking) |
| Infrastructure |
Utilities |
| Insurance |
Warehousing |
| Legal |
Water |
| Manufacturing |
Wholesale Trade |
| Maritime |
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National Practice
Our Insolvency and Reorganization lawyers actively practice at all trial and appellate levels and have significant experience in the bankruptcy courts throughout the United States, including New York, Delaware, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Over the past 20 years, the firm's lawyers have also been involved in most of the major bankruptcies filed in Texas.
V&E;'s Insolvency and Reorganization Practice involves the representation of all key insolvency and reorganization constituencies, including debtors, lender groups and lender group agents, ad hoc bondholder committees, official creditors' committees, Chapter 11 trustees and equity sponsors, and encompasses:
- Workout and Out-of-Court Restructuring Services Renegotiation of financing transactions including acquisition loans, asset-based loans, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs), leases, mortgages, settlement of debtor-creditor disputes and exchange offers
- Preventative Services, including insolvency planning, creditor negotiations and consensus building, liability reduction, workouts and compositions, sale of unproductive assets and businesses, and post-bankruptcy emergency strategies
Business Insolvency and Reorganization Issues
- Debt and financial analysis
- Litigation and consensual matters, including:
| Abstention |
| Appeals of bankruptcy proceedings |
| Abandonment of property |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Automatic stay |
| Cash collateral and adequate protection |
| Confirmation of plans of reorganization |
| Creditor claims |
| Debtor-in-possession financing |
| Discharge and dischargeability |
| Disclosure statement |
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| Fraudulent transfers |
| Involuntary petitions |
| Lien priority |
| Liquidation proceedings |
| Liquidation trusts and disbursing agents |
| Petitions ancillary to foreign proceedings |
| Preferential transfers |
| Relief from automatic stay |
| Removal |
| Turnover actions |
| Reorganization plans |
| Post-reorganization matters |
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