With some of the world’s leading insolvency lawyers, O’Melveny helps clients face virtually any aspect of a restructuring matter—whether it be a company facing financial distress, significant creditors of a troubled company or an investor looking for the opportunity to purchase a distressed business or certain of its assets.
Our restructuring lawyers, many of whom are also experienced litigators, have played a leadership role in a number of the largest and highest profile restructuring matters in recent years, including the ongoing financial restructuring of Puerto Rico with more than US$70 billion of debt and the bankruptcies of Verso, Energy Future Holdings, LINN Energy, Homer City Generation, Colt Defense, Cal Dive International, Peabody Energy, Hancock Fabrics, New Century Financial, Dynegy,General Motors, and Chrysler. Our clients, which include some of the most well known names in finance, turn to O’Melveny in their most challenging times and when the stakes are at their highest. The reason is simple: for nearly a century O’Melveny has employed exceptional creativity and vigorous advocacy to preserve and maximize economic value for clients across industries and borders.
Our restructuring team has broad experience representing the full panoply of participants in bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. They include:
- Debtors in chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings
- Investors in distressed debt
- Ad hoc groups of secured and unsecured creditors;
- Official committees of unsecured creditors;
- Private equity sponsors and their distressed portfolio companies
- Purchasers of distressed assets in section 363 and other distressed M&A transactions
- Bank agents and indenture trustees
- Providers of debtor-in-possession or exit financing
Given the complexity of the issues our clients face, we also draw on the firm’s finance, capital markets, M&A, tax, labor, and litigation specialists to ensure all of our clients’ interests are met.
