The global economy is experiencing challenges not seen in decades. A combination of factors - rising interest rates, untamed inflation, continuing supply chain difficulties, soaring insurance costs, and geopolitical instability, among others - have come together to create a great degree of uncertainty, but also opportunity, across financial markets, property markets, and wide swathes of industry.
As the business community grapples with economic uncertainty, financial institutions and investors will re-assess the positioning of assets, associated valuations, and the sourcing and deployment of capital for new ventures. Consequently, strategic business and legal guidance tailored to the varying challenges and circumstances will be critical for long-term success. Some firms will need to reinvent business models, restructure operations, or discover new areas where they can add value, while others will need strategies to protect existing assets from unforeseen challenges. Still others may find that they need to divest assets or consider bankruptcy.
Bilzin Sumberg can assist with recommendations for making decisions about best options for the future, whether preparing for new risks, restructuring, divesting, or acquiring assets, distressed or not, in the new economy.
The team includes lawyers from multiple disciplines with market-leading business and legal experience focused on:
• Restructuring and bankruptcy, including buying assets out of bankruptcy and defaulted loan sales and purchases
• Loan workouts, including forbearances and discounted pay-offs
• Rescue capital, including preferred equity, mezzanine loans, and bridge loans
• Mortgage and mezzanine loan foreclosures, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and receivership sales
• REO sales for lenders
• Corporate structuring and joint venture formation, including public-private partnerships
• Alternative lending, including private equity and other opportunity funds
• Real estate, from acquisition and construction to disposition, including adaptive reuse of property
• Land use and entitlements
• Environmental issues
• Tax-efficient structuring
• Litigation and dispute resolution
