Cooley Named Busiest Bankruptcy Group in US
New York – September 30, 2015 – In a study conducted by Law360, Cooley's corporate restructuring & bankruptcy group was listed as the busiest law firm for advising unsecured creditors' committees in the US for the first half of 2015.
"Cooley, widely considered among the best creditor-side bankruptcy firms in the US, has local co-counsel in three cases and is the sole unsecured creditors' counsel in Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.'s Chapter 11 proceeding in Virginia," Law360 noted.
Most recently, Cooley was selected as debtors counsel for Quirky, which is an invention startup company. The engagement has received nationwide media attention from publications such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Thus far in 2015, Cooley has been selected to represent twelve unsecured creditors' commitees, including Magnetation, RadioShack and Skymall, among others.
About Cooley's Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice
Cooley is well known for its extensive experience representing creditors' committees, debtors, equity committees, mechanics lienholder committees, shareholder committees, and employee and retiree committees in chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, restructuring and company dissolution, credit finance and distressed mergers & acquisitions.
Cooley represents a range of clients across a wide array of industries and has played a significant role in some of the largest bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring cases, including RadioShack, Sbarro's, Brookstone, Orchard Brands, Metromedia Fiber Network, Enron, Lehman Brothers, Adelphia, Montgomery Ward, Federated Department Stores, Athlete's Foot, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, United Airlines, Blockbuster, CompUSA, Pizzeria Uno, Johns-Manville and Thrifty Drugs.
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