Practice Areas & Industries: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Bracewell's Texas-based restructuring team offers experienced and comprehensive counsel to chapter 11 debtors. We consult with financially troubled companies prior to bankruptcy, and take the lead in restructuring and reorganizing transactions. We assist debtors in securing debtor-in-possession financing and renegotiating vendor and customer agreements, enabling them to maintain operations during an asset sale or reorganization. Select matters include: Amcast, Cygnus Oil & Gas, First Wave Marine, Furrs Restaurant Group, Good Eats, Lifestream International, Souper Salad, Texas Petrochemicals, and Thorpe.

Our attorneys have also served as special international counsel, examiner or "foreign representative" (a role pioneered by our attorneys) for chapter 11 debtors such as Comdisco, Exodus Communications, Frac Master, Montgomery Ward, Nextel International, Owens Corning, Polaroid and Singer Sewing Company.