Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights & Workouts
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. handles bankruptcy and creditors’ rights representation for a wide range of national and institutional clients. QPWB lawyers represent both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, workouts, and debt restructurings in federal and state courts across the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. The firm represents Fortune 500 corporations, public and closely held companies, partnerships, bankruptcy trustees, creditors’ committees, equity committees, indenture trustees, parties seeking to use bankruptcy as a mergers and acquisitions vehicle, as well as secured and unsecured creditors in complex Chapter 11 reorganization cases, and Chapter 7 liquidations and consumer bankruptcy proceedings.
QPWB lawyers are experienced in all aspects of bankruptcy, restructuring and related business litigation, including:
- Formulation and confirmation of plans of reorganization and liquidation
- Prepackaged plans
- Cram-down disputes
- Litigation involving unexpired leases and executor contracts
- Debtor-in-possession financing
- Cash collateral stipulations
- Valuation proceedings
- Post-petition financing
- Asset sales and acquisition – Section 363 Sales
- Going out-of-business sales
- Automatic stay litigation
- Adversary proceedings
- Bankruptcy appeals
The experience of the lawyers in this practice area also extends to nonbankruptcy creditors’ rights litigation, problem loan workouts as well as restructurings. In the litigation area, lawyers regularly handle residential and commercial mortgage foreclosures, receiverships, personal property replevin actions, garnishment and attachment proceedings, and execution of judgments. The group also handles lender liability litigation.
Industry-focused interdisciplinary practice groups
The firm’s bankruptcy lawyers frequently work in conjunction with lawyers in other practice areas of the firm, such as tax, corporate and commercial transactions. We represent businesses involved in transactions, and in advising directors, officers and shareholders of insolvent operations.
The firm’s bankruptcy practice group has experience in retail, insurance, construction, aviation, maritime, manufacturing, transportation, health care, commercial, intellectual property, and real estate bankruptcy matters.
QPWB lawyers are at the forefront with clients to develop and execute strategies to maximize recovery, minimize exposure and realize the best business outcome.