WilmerHale’s top-notch appellate and trial attorneys have an unmatched depth of involvement in bankruptcy matters, providing the ideal team for high-value bankruptcy and creditor rights litigation. Our attorneys have been at the forefront of major bankruptcy litigation matters, including a number of multi-billion dollar actions resulting from spinoffs and leveraged buyouts that were followed by later bankruptcy filings. We represent the insurance industry and its members in challenging asbestos-related bankruptcies in which billions of dollars in alleged liabilities are at stake. We represent financial institutions and industry associations in connection with bankruptcy-related lawsuits and the effects of bankruptcy on the operation of financial markets. We represent secured and unsecured lenders and lender groups, as well as landlords, trade creditors and bondholders, in the full range of litigation matters that start or end up in bankruptcy court, or which arise out of insolvency issues. We are often involved in US Supreme Court cases addressing bankruptcy-related issues, whether representing a party or as amicus curiae.

WilmerHale’s firmwide capabilities in virtually every area of government regulation give us a unique perspective where regulation intersects with bankruptcy. We have substantial experience evaluating and mitigating insolvency risk in securities and commodities contexts, and in addressing issues arising from securities and commodities broker liquidations. We have represented clients in bank and bank holding company insolvency proceedings involving the FDIC and state regulators. We have also represented a leading mortgage servicer in connection with its residential mortgage business, helping the bank to navigate the evolving regulatory regimes in that area.

WilmerHale takes a preeminent role on key issues of bankruptcy policy. Our attorneys have provided testimony before the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 regarding the protection of secured creditor rights in the bankruptcy process. We have represented the Loan Syndication and Trading Association as amicus curiae in a US Supreme Court case regarding the right of a secured creditor to credit bid its claim in bankruptcy, and we represented the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association as amicus curiae in a Second Circuit appeal that raised significant questions about the scope of the Bankruptcy Code’s safe-harbor provisions relating to securities contracts. In addition to policymaking work, we assist clients in understanding and complying with bankruptcy policy decisions that affect their businesses.