Cooley's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice group is an experienced, results-oriented team that possesses a deep understanding of bankruptcy principles and law, outstanding litigation and corporate drafting ability and solid business sense.
We have extensive experience representing creditors and debtors in all aspects of bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings. We have handled matters throughout the U.S. and abroad for the full-spectrum of participants in bankruptcy and restructuring cases and across a wide array of industries—including retail, electronics, food and beverage, cleantech, technology, multimedia, apparel, energy, sporting goods, real estate, telecommunications, airlines, home furnishings, biotechnology, health care, and multi-national financial conglomerates.
Cooley has played a significant role in some of the largest bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring cases, including Metromedia Fiber Network, Enron, Adelphia, Montgomery Ward, Federated Department Stores, Athlete's Foot, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, United Airlines, Blockbuster, CompUSA, Pizzeria Uno, Johns-Manville and Thrifty Drugs.
Cooley was recognized as the "Restructuring Law Firm of the Year" at the 2010 Turnaround Atlas Awards. In addition to this award, over the past two years, the firm received the "Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year" award for its representation of Crabtree & Evelyn in the retailer's successful emergence from bankruptcy (2010) and the "Consumer Goods & Services Turnaround of the Year" award for its representation of the official committee of unsecured creditors of Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation (d/b/a Pizzeria Uno) (2011). In recent years, the firm has also ranked among the top firms in the country for most active bankruptcy cases.
We are actively involved in issues relating to the bankruptcy field. Our attorneys are frequently quoted in news articles covering bankruptcy proceedings. Partner Larry Gottlieb appeared before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law to inform key members of Congress about the impact of 2005 bankruptcy code changes on retailers filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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