Engaging counsel that can confidently advise and guide you through all of your options makes all the difference when in the midst of a complex bankruptcy process. A Chapter 11 process can be like a chess match, with many players, so you need counsel to keep you informed at every step. It’s even more important that your attorneys fully understand and care about you and your business objectives – that’s Lugenbuhl.
Making the Right Choices Depends on Having the Right Counsel
From the initial signs of distress, the process of restructuring a company’s debts is difficult. All stakeholders in the business, including lenders, trade creditors, equity, company management, and, sometimes, outsiders contemplating acquisition, are in a tug of war. They all must make crucial decisions such as whether to utilize pre-bankruptcy workout options like forbearance agreements, whether to file Chapter 11, or whether a structured sale of a business or other option is in the best interest of all stakeholders. Because missteps can be costly, it is critical to retain counsel like Lugenbuhl, who confidently advise clients – based on long experience, deep understanding of the law and our clients’ interests – of their options and likely outcomes.
- Formulating plans of reorganization for distressed businesses with restructured equity and/or debt obligations.
- Developing and executing structured sales processes for the business as a going concern, or discrete divisions of assets.
- Advising stakeholders on strategic considerations through all stages of reorganization, including debtor-in-possession finance, relief from stay and plan confirmation.
- Small business reorganizations under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
- Leading out-of-court restructuring initiatives in order to avoid the costs of formal bankruptcy proceedings, including forbearance agreements, dissolutions under state law and state court-supervised proceedings.
