Zuber & Taillieu

Corporate/Commercial Law

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Attorneys at Zuber & Taillieu

Zuber & Taillieu’s attorneys seasoned in bankruptcy, insolvency and financial distress have successfully represented parties at every stage of the bankruptcy process and from all sides of the table. Creditor representations have included individual and committee representations of bank and other institutional lenders, hedge fund, portfolio and other institutional money managers, sovereign entities, and trade and other unsecured creditors. Additional representations include representation of debtors, receivers, asset purchasers, litigants and further parties-in-interest.

At Zuber & Taillieu we combine our extensive experience in both domestic and cross-border bankruptcy proceedings with an in-depth knowledge of bankruptcy law. Our well-honed bankruptcy experience is further enhanced by our multidisciplinary approach to the practice of law. In our bankruptcy cases, we draw from the expertise of our lawyers who practice corporate and commercial law, employment law, entertainment law, intellectual property law, international law, litigation and arbitration, environmental law, real estate law, tax law, and trusts and estates law in order to provide our clients with comprehensive service.  We also conduct business in a variety of languages, with attorneys and staff that work in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Filipino (Tagalog) and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).  In transnational matters that involve civil law jurisdictions, we involve our lawyers who are dually trained in common and civil law systems.

Zuber & Taillieu offers experience in a variety of kinds of bankruptcy matters, including:

• Bankruptcy cases under Chapters 7, 11, and 13
• Cross-border bankruptcy proceedings
• Pre-bankruptcy filing matters, including the formulation of filing strategy
• Insolvency
• Reorganization plans and disclosure statements
• Restructuring of distressed debt
• Negotiation of financing, including debtor-in-possession financing
• Complex bankruptcy litigation
• Bankruptcy related matters such as motions for relief from stay, appointments of trustees, conversion of reorganization proceedings to liquidations, obtaining use of cash collateral, rejecting or assuming leases or executory contracts, allowance of administrative claims, incentive plans to retain key employees, reclamation claims, obtaining authority to sell particular types of assets, and disposal of assets including lines of business or the entire business.

Recent projects handled by our attorneys include:

• representing ad hoc committees of bondholders and other creditors in the restructuring of two Latin American telecommunications companies, each of which accessed capital markets through the New York Stock Exchange
• assisting a lead holder in roll-over of an outstanding bond issue of a Southern Cone shipping company, injection of additional financing, and resolution of inter-creditor issues with the International Finance Corporation
• litigating for an ad hoc creditor committee in a mega-bankruptcy case to a judgment in excess of $19 million arising from the debtor’s purchase of a subsidiary
• representing a debtor in accomplishing sale through bankruptcy proceedings of its operations to an investment group, thus yielding a clean balance sheet for the emerging organization and sustained employment