Distressed Assets & Real Estate

Whether you require a solution to a problem or a strategy to pursue an opportunity, JMBM's lawyers act quickly to increase cash flow and preserve the value of a distressed asset.

If you are:

• A financial institution holding distressed assets
• A buyer of distressed assets
• A borrower with loans secured by distressed assets
• A distressed assets fund
• A borrower whose loans are assigned to the FDIC as receiver or conservator

JMBM can help.

Our finance, real estate and bankruptcy lawyers document, restructure and enforce hundreds of millions of dollars of commercial and real estate loans each year. We have represented financial institutions, investors, and borrowers through good times and bad, and we know how to position our clients for the best possible outcome.

For more information go to:

• Banking & Financial Institutions
• Bankruptcy
• Creditors' Rights
• Distressed Assets & Real Estate Matters
• Distressed Dealer Task Force
• Global Hospitality Group®
• Real Estate
• Secured Lender Defense Team

JMBM represents the full range of parties for financially distressed assets:

• Creditors (secured and unsecured)
• Debtors in possession
• Purchasers of distressed assets and real estate
• Creditors' committees
• Lessors of real property
• State and Federal Court Receivers
• Venture capital and private equity investors
• Assignees for the benefit of creditors
• Landlords
• Commercial tenants
• Chapter 11 trustees

JMBM Distressed Dealer Task Force

Distressed Assets and Real Estate Matters

JMBM attorneys work with a wide range of distressed assets, properties, projects, and businesses including:

• Large portfolios of properties; portfolios of equipment
• Mixed use complexes, including partially completed mixed use retail/condo projects
• Shopping centers and retail, including partially completed shopping centers
• Apartment buildings, including partially completed apartment to condominium conversions
• Residential subdivisions, including partially completed residential subdivisions
• Hospitals, convalescent hospitals and other medical facilities
• Office buildings
• Hotels and resorts
• Land
• Entertainment complexes
• Agriculture, including dairy, winery and crop loans
• Golf courses
• Manufacturing and industrial plants
• Technology companies
• Limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships
• Operating businesses with serious cash flow or business problems

We have special expertise in dealing with troubled assets when they are special assets -- properties that include operating companies. We are experienced in dealing with construction loans, mezzanine loans and asset-based loans in a restructuring, workout or bankruptcy context.

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Our lawyers are committed to the focused and aggressive advocacy of our clients' interests. When litigation is the best strategy for achieving your goal, our team knows the ropes. We have achieved numerous successes for our clients when litigating bankruptcy cases and defending lender liability actions, fraudulent transfer claims, and challenges to acquisitions.

For information on how JMBM's Distressed Assets and Real Estate Group can help you solve your problems -- or take advantage of opportunities -- please contact us.