Bingham is uniquely qualified to assist clients in all aspects of distressed real estate, from providing sound solutions to restructuring issues to identifying creative opportunities to taking advantage of distressed property. We are the only law firm with a sophisticated national real estate practice and an insolvency practice that has earned the title of Global Insolvency and Restructuring Firm of the Year by International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers two years running — an ideal combination for restructuring distressed real estate.
The downturn in the real estate market creates opportunities to design innovative solutions that preserve value. Having negotiated and structured complex deals with many of the country’s most significant players in the real estate market, Bingham has extensive experience representing clients in connection with all aspects of real estate loan workouts and restructurings.
Bingham has a long history of representing clients throughout the United States in major real estate transactions. We represent many of the country’s largest and most sophisticated financial institutions, developers, governmental entities, corporations and REITs, pension fund advisers and other investors in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financings.
As the go-to firm for financial restructuring, our clients routinely turn to us for advice on developing strategies for problem and underperforming real estate loans and other distressed real estate investments. Bingham’s Financial Restructuring Group provides cutting-edge insights and strategic advice concerning troubled investments and loans worldwide. Members of the group serve as advisers to investors, creditors, debtors, governments and courts on commercial restructuring issues and insolvencies and sovereign debt defaults.
We are particularly skilled in multijurisdictional real estate workouts and have had significant involvement, in and out of bankruptcy, in negotiating and implementing reorganization plans for troubled real estate projects. We have represented clients in a wide range of distressed real estate projects, including loans and portfolios in excess of $1 billion. From evaluating the benefits of using forbearance agreements to devising exit strategies, we help clients assess their options and develop viable, effective solutions.
In addition, we have the experience and understanding of the real estate and financial industries necessary to help clients identify and take advantage of distressed debt opportunities involving real property. We represent clients in acquisitions involving single-asset real property and multi-asset portfolios, both in specific regions and throughout the country. We understand the challenges and opportunities presented by distressed real estate and routinely help clients evaluate and structure transactions to yield favorable results.
We take a comprehensive approach to achieving our clients’ objectives. In addition to our core team for real estate loan workouts and restructurings, we draw upon the skills of our practitioners in key support areas such as corporate, financial institutions transactions, tax, regulatory, environmental, construction and government affairs.
Issues Addressed
Our real estate and insolvency lawyers have helped clients address the multitude of issues that arise with respect to distressed real estate.
- Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights
- Capital market issues
- Collateral realization settlements
- Environmental cleanup and liability
- Financial debt and equity restructuring
- Forbearance agreements
- Foreclosure and property recovery issues
- Fraudulent conveyance claims
- Intercreditor, participation and repurchase issues
- Perfecting and enforcing liens
- Property disposal and exit strategy development
- Settlement strategies
- Tax and accounting issues
- Title issues
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