Insolvency & Reorganization
Led by nationally-recognized experts in bankruptcy, insolvency and debtor-creditors’ rights law, Jaffe is among the largest and most respected insolvency and reorganization practice groups in the Midwest.
Jaffe attorneys represent clients in bankruptcy and related judicial proceedings; commercial lending and refinancing transactions; out-of-court workouts, reorganizations and liquidations; receiverships; and insolvency-related litigation, such as preference and fraudulent transfer litigation. We have extensive experience in a wide array of industries—retail, manufacturing, logistics, non-profit, real estate, healthcare, franchise, and steel to name a few. Additionally, we are especially well-versed in automotive insolvency matters, having been involved in virtually every major automotive bankruptcy case over the past 40 years
Our size and experience enable us to handle even the largest and most complex matters. We assist our clients—including borrowers, creditors’ committees, institutional lenders, trade creditors, equipment lessors, landlords, insurers, asset purchasers, equity holders, trustees, and receivers—in insolvency-related proceedings nationwide. Our attorneys are leaders in local and national bar organizations dedicated to bankruptcy, insolvency, and debtor-creditors’ rights law, and are frequently invited to write or speak on their areas of expertise.
Service Index
- Bankruptcy (chapters 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13)
- Complex secured transactions
- Creditors committee representation
- Creditors’ rights
- Debtor in possession and exit financing
- Distressed sales and acquisitions
- Equity security holders committee representation
- Financial institution representation
- Forbearance arrangements
- Foreclosures (real and personal property)
- Landlord representation
- Litigation
- Municipal restructuring
- Out-of-court workouts and liquidations
- Preference and fraudulent transfer litigation
- Receiverships
- Troubled supplier negotiations
- Trusteeships and trustee litigation
- Trust mortgages and assignments for the benefit of creditors
- Unsecured and trade creditor representation