The Morrison & Foerster Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group is committed to developing and executing creative and effective
solutions for its clients. We have expertise in a wide array of complex bankruptcy, insolvency, finance and restructuring
matters, and represent a diverse group of domestic and international interests. Our clients include money-center banks, investment
banks, private equity and hedge fund institutions, committees, operating companies, governmental entities, insurers and reinsurers.
Who We Represent
- Debtors
- Creditors’ Committees
- Individual Creditors
- Receivers and Liquidators
Our Industry Experience
- Financial Institutions/Hedge Funds/Private Equity Funds
- Real Estate and Development
- Telecommunications
- Technology/Life Sciences/Venture Capital
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Retail
- Energy and Natural Resources/Cleantech
- Automotive and Other Transportation
Our Core Strengths
Representing secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, non-judicial workouts and restructurings
Advising on hedge fund failures, and devising creditor and investor solutions, including salvage of international and domestic
portfolio companies
Advising stakeholders regarding credit default swaps and other derivatives, structured products at risk (e.g., CDO’s, CLO’s, SIV’s, etc.)Representing parties in distressed mergers and acquisitions, including purchase and sale of distressed
assets loans and financial products
Representing liquidators, debtors and other players in cross-border, insolvency proceedings and workouts involving off-shore
jurisdictions (such as Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands), China, Japan, Latin America and Europe and their related
Chapter 15 or Chapter 11 filings
Navigating debtor and creditor rights in highly regulated industries such as telecommunications, energy and commodities, and
insurance
Evaluating opportunities for financial institutions, investment funds, developers, landlords, and real estate funds in workouts,
restructurings and bankruptcies
Developing and implementing leading IP, licensing and technology solutions in diverse industry sectors
Representing insurers, reinsurers and financial players in domestic and cross-border insurance insolvency proceedings
Structuring transactions to minimize counter-party default and credit risks; enforcing rights for asset-based LBO, CDO and
other lenders and private equity investors
Representation of venture capital investors and portfolio companies using assignments for the benefit of creditors, foreclosures
and other techniques to achieve restarts or other useful salvage
Employing the firm’s multidisciplinary practices to achieve a one-stop solution in distressed situations Navigating debtor
and creditor rights in highly regulated industries such as telecommunications, energy and commodities, and insurance
Evaluating opportunities for financial institutions, investment funds, developers, landlords, and real estate funds in workouts,
restructurings and bankruptcies
Developing and implementing leading IP, licensing and technology solutions in diverse industry sectors
Representing insurers, reinsurers and financial players in domestic and cross-border insurance insolvency proceedings
Structuring transactions to minimize counter-party default and credit risks; enforcing rights for asset-based LBO, CDO and
other lenders and private equity investors
Representation of venture capital investors and portfolio companies using assignments for the benefit of creditors, foreclosures
and other techniques to achieve restarts or other useful salvage
