Financial Restructuring & Insolvency

Business organizations confronting financial challenges present both risks and opportunities. Exploring viable and practical strategies and solutions to realize, under the circumstances, the best outcomes, are what the professionals on Lippes Mathias' Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Team strive to achieve. The attorneys on this practice team represent a wide array of clients with varying interests in distressed businesses, including:

Borrowers/Debtors
Lenders/Creditors (secured and unsecured)
Equity Holders
Creditors’ Committees
Trustees/Receivers
Acquirers
Franchisees/Franchisors
Licensees/Licensors
Landlords/Tenants

Our attorneys have ample experience in both judicial and non-judicial proceedings such as:

Bankruptcy Proceedings (emphasis on Chapter 11)
Foreclosures (UCC Art. 9 and real estate)
Receiverships
General Assignments
Out of Court Workout Arrangements
Insolvency Acquisitions
Avoidance Litigation
Lender Liability Litigation

The industries and business segments served by our attorneys are wide and varied and include:

Healthcare
Manufacturing and Industrial
Professional Services
Retail
Wholesale and Distribution
Commercial Real Estate

Mr. Mueller, leader of the Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice has been recognized by Upstate New York Super Lawyers® and The Best Lawyers in America©. Mr. Mueller is a past President of the Upstate New York Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and currently sits on the Global Board of Trustees.

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