Commercial FinanceWaller Lansden’s Finance and Restructuring attorneys have gained the trust of banks and commercial lenders as well as publicly traded multinational corporations and privately held mid-market companies in commercial finance transactions, restructuring activities and bankruptcy matters. Waller Lansden’s multidisciplinary approach provides insight early in the negotiation and structuring of a finance transaction that often helps to either eliminate or minimize clients' risks should the other party face unexpected business challenges in the future. Similarly, restructuring clients benefit from this cross-discipline approach with the complimentary experience and resources added by attorneys whose practices focus on commercial finance and corporate transactions
Waller Lansden has played a prominent role in high profile bankruptcy cases spanning a wide range of industries. Waller Lansden represented the largest tranche of unsecured debt in the Kmart bankruptcy in Chicago, as well as the largest creditor on the Service Merchandise creditors committee in Nashville. The firm represented creditor parties in the bankruptcies of WorldCom and Enron Corp. Waller Lansden served as lead counsel for the Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in the New American Healthcare Corp. and Texas Boot, Inc. bankruptcies. Further, the firm has represented debtors in bankruptcy proceedings, including PhyCor, Inc. in its Chapter 11 filing in the Southern District of New York, and NK Lawn & Garden Co. in Chattanooga, Tenn. We often assist clients in their relationships with troubled, bankrupt, or reorganizing companies that play key roles in their ongoing operations. Waller Lansden represents an international automaker in its relationships with the nation's largest automotive parts suppliers, including Delphi Corporation, which in 2005 filed the largest bankruptcy in American history. Additionally, we counsel the automaker in its dealings with other bankrupt or troubled suppliers throughout the country to protect the company's supply chain. Our corporate restructuring attorneys have extensive experience representing indenture trustees and bondholders in default scenarios throughout the country, and we have gained the trust of large multinational financial institutions and banks through a commitment to client service that combines responsiveness with knowledge and experience. Waller Lansden's corporate restructuring attorneys work closely with the firm's financial services, securities, and real estate practices to provide comprehensive service in the complex area of corporate trust, and to protect indenture trustees in the exercise of their fiduciary duties. To further serve our corporate trust clients, Waller Lansden publishes a regular corporate trust newsletter that offers informative tips on handling the thorny trust issues that often arise in default scenarios. Healthcare In healthcare matters, our Finance and Restructuring practice is complemented by the firm's vast experience with the complex regulations governing the industry. Legal service to the healthcare industry has been Waller Lansden’s focus since the start of the investor-owned hospital industry in the 1960s. Today, the firm represents many of the largest public and private hospital companies and outpatient providers operating throughout the United States, as well as governmental and not-for-profit hospitals and systems throughout the country. In addition, we represent the most active healthcare specialty lenders in the country, many of whom are headquartered in New York, New Jersey and California. Waller Lansden has earned a national reputation for creative insight and professional commitment and was recognized recently as the nation's fourth largest healthcare law firm by Modern Healthcare. Waller Lansden’s healthcare experience and knowledge of the industry’s complex regulatory environment is often critical to the success of healthcare finance transactions. In the default world, our healthcare regulatory experience is frequently called upon to protect the interests of providers, lenders, and debtors in light of Medicare, Medicaid and other issues. Waller Lansden represented the secured creditor group in the Intrepid U.S.A., Inc. Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Minneapolis, the largest home healthcare bankruptcy in the country. The firm also represented the secured lending group in the Response Oncology bankruptcy in Memphis, and represented hospital providers in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of PhyAmerica Physicians Group, Inc. in Baltimore. |