Our Expertise
Business Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights
When bankruptcy becomes the ‘best worst’ option for companies or high-net-worth individuals who find themselves in financial difficulty, they deserve skilled representation to help them through the financial - and often emotionally charged - terrain. And while we may represent either creditors or debtors in specific bankruptcy actions, we emphasize to both the wisdom of involving counsel early on when a possible bankruptcy is suspected down the road. Pre-crisis-stage counseling can preserve options quickly lost once the financial crisis has matured.
SCMV’s attorneys help parties in California through the complexities of bankruptcy, receivership and related litigation, which may include associated business or personal matters such as estate planning or marriage dissolution. Besides debtors and creditors (both secured and unsecured/trade creditors), we represent:
- shareholders and partners
- trustees
- lessors
- affected third parties
- licensees
- purchasers of assets
- official committees
Our experience includes Chapter 11 business bankruptcies; workouts; fraudulent transfer and preference actions (prosecution and defense); stay relief; landlord-tenant and licensing disputes and confirmation hearings. Also, we regularly represent clients in civil litigation in state or federal courts.
The respect we have built throughout San Diego’s small community of bankruptcy professionals is a distinct asset to our practice and an important and reliable ally of our clients when they find themselves faced with the threat of financial tumult.
The SCMV Business Insolvency and Creditors Rights Practice:
Protection . . . beyond the letter of the law.