For decades, HSF Kramer litigators have been called upon to handle the most contentious and high-profile debtor-creditor disputes and have consistently prevailed in complex, precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate levels, from bankruptcy courts internationally to the US and UK Supreme Courts and the High Court of Australia.
Our team of trial and appellate litigators has extensive experience handling bankruptcy-related disputes at every stage of litigation to ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients – be they debtors, creditors, trustees or ad hoc groups and committees.
We have a virtually unparalleled track record of success in groundbreaking bankruptcy litigation. Our experience spans the full spectrum of bankruptcy-related issues, restructurings and insolvencies – from fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty to make-whole payments, equitable mootness and intercreditor disputes. Notable examples include disputes arising out of bankruptcies such as those of:
- Alpha Natural Resources
- Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC
- Brazos Electric
- Energy Future Holdings Inc
- FTX
- Gamma Real Estate
- Global Brands Group
- Highland Capital Management LP
- Nortel Networks
- Peabody Energy Corp
- PREPA
- Sea Trucks Group
- Steinhoff Group
- The Republic of Argentina
- Ultra Petroleum Corp
- Windstream Holdings Inc
We regularly act for insolvency practitioners, individual creditors, creditors’ trustees, ad hoc groups and creditors’ committees, former directors and out-of-the-money shareholders in contract disputes, fraudulent conveyance transaction at an undervalue and preference actions, creditor derivative actions, and mismanagement and director misconduct claims.
Our team also excels in leading investigations that uncover substantial hidden assets, and helping clients navigate through fraud investigations and deceptive practices allegations, together with investigations as a result of an insolvency. and has enabled clients to coordinate resolution of mass tort claims through plans of reorganization. Our team also has extensive experience in defending those that face investigations as a result of an insolvency. Examples of this experience include:
- Caesars Entertainment Operation Co
- Diamond Sports Group
- Endo International plc
- Express
- Gulfport
- Hertz
- Residential Capital LLC
- Rite Aid
- Toys R’ US
