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"They're strong and very focused on business solutions."

- CHAMBERS USA source
Bilzin Sumberg's Bankruptcy attorneys represent debtors, secured and unsecured creditors and creditors' committees, trustees, equity holders, and purchasers in complex bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Moreover, we have a proven record in bankruptcy-related litigation from preference and fraudulent transfer claims to complex litigation claims that may be central to reorganization, including multi-jurisdictional and international disputes. Our bankruptcy attorneys are talented litigators and handle actions that range from preference and fraudulent transfer claims to more complex matters – including actions to re-characterize purported debts, multi-jurisdictional claims, and even resolving international disputes in the context of U.S. bankruptcies.
EXPERIENCE
Experience
Successful representation of California bank in complex mortgage foreclosure debt recovery action through state court and bankruptcy court in the Southern District of Florida, which resulted in the criminal indictment of the borrower's principal for bank fraud.
Experience
Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Poinciana Development, a developer of more than 500 single family homes in Southwest Miami-Dade County, Florida, who ran out of construction financing and was unable complete the development of the last 34 home...
Experience
Debtors' counsel to Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, LLC, and two of its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Florida. The debtors had over $2 billion of funded debt, had used $500 million of equity, and were prosecuting claims for $800 million in unpaid additional finan...
Experience
Representation of one of the largest unsecured creditors in the K-Mart Corporation bankruptcy.
Experience
Appointed tax counsel to SunCruz Casinos LLC, a "cruises to nowhere" gaming business, in its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.
Experience
Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of New River Boat Club d/b/a New River Marina, an operator of a boatyard and marina on the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This case is the third in a series of marina-related bankruptcies filed by the prin...
INSIGHTS
Press Release August 15, 2024
Half of Bilzin Sumberg's partners have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Press Release June 6, 2024
Bilzin Sumberg is pleased to announce that each of its practice groups, and over half of its partners, has been recognized as leaders in a broad range of fields in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, one of the most esteemed legal publications in the world.
Press Release August 17, 2023
Half of the firm's partners were recognized in the 2024 edition ofThe Best Lawyers in America©.
Press Release June 2, 2023
Bilzin Sumberg is pleased to announce that each of its practice groups, and over half of its partners, has been recognized as leaders in a broad range of fields in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, one of the most esteemed legal publications in the world.
Press Release June 1, 2022
All of Bilzin Sumberg's practice groups have been recognized as leaders in a broad range of fields in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, one of the most esteemed legal publications in the world.
Press Release November 4, 2021
Bilzin Sumberg is pleased to announce the Firm has been nationally and regionally recognized by Best Lawyers® as one of the 2022 "Best Law Firms". The annual report ranked 31 Bilzin Sumberg practice areas, spanning all of the Firm's practice groups. Earlier this year, more than 60% of Bilzin Sum...
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Jeffrey I. Snyder
General Counsel, Head of Bankruptcy, CMBS Litigation and Workouts