Financial Services
As with all endeavors, financial relationships have a beginning, middle, and an end. Each phase presents unique challenges and opportunities. The team-based focus of Crowell & Moring's financial services group allows our talented attorneys to develop solutions to complex issues arising in all segments and stages of the financial services industry.
Our financial services attorneys offer an extensive scope of services in a variety of areas, including commercial lending, structured finance, real estate finance, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and financial institutions litigation. The practice spans a broad range of business sectors, including aviation, banking, construction, communications, environmental, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, utilities, and not-for-profit corporations.
Commercial, Structured and Real Estate Finance
Our finance team has experience representing a variety of institutions in transactions involving commercial or asset-based lending, structured, mezzanine and conduit financial products, real estate, fund formation, and other complex transactions. We have handled a variety of major transactions, including syndicated loan transactions, CMBS deals, and micro-securitizations. The front-end team is regularly involved in back-end work for financial services clients as well, providing clients with the perspective of our attorneys' broad exposure to the entire lending cycle.
Financial Institutions Litigation
Our attorneys have represented financial institutions in major litigation involving various aspects of finance and lending. We have broad experience handling significant disputes regularly encountered by lenders and servicers throughout the country, and have counseled financial institutions through complex disputes involving: general, CMBS, syndicated, and specialized lending; negotiable instruments; transfer agents; lender liability claims; insurance; and bankruptcy proceedings, including related bankruptcy and state court litigation.
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Our bankruptcy team brings a sophisticated business sense derived from our lawyers' experience in industries such as aviation, energy, financial services, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, and telecommunications. We have extensive experience as counsel for creditors, debtors, and other affected parties, in both the bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy contexts, including: lo an restructuring; "workouts" and related litigation; asset recovery, collateral conversion, and foreclosure; acquisition of assets; all facets of Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases, including DIP financing, automatic stay litigation, preservation of cash collateral, defending preference claims, 363 sales, claims litigation, and claims trading. In addition, our lawyers have experience representing clients in novel and cutting edge issues, particularly in mass tort bankruptcy matters and matters involving the distressed debt and equity arena.