Kim M Lewis
Business Restructuring and Reorganization
Dinsmore & Shohl's Business Restructuring and Reorganization Team provides a wide range of services to debtors, equity holders, purchasers of assets, and secured and unsecured creditors including lenders, trade creditors, lien creditors, and creditors' committees.
Debtor Representation
By focusing on exceptional client service and satisfaction, our attorneys seek to minimize disruption to business operations and seek solutions to the debtor's financial and/or operational concerns in the most time- and cost-efficient manner practicable. Among our wide ranging experiences, we have represented debtors or debtors in possession:
* As general counsel in all aspects of their Chapter 11 proceedings;
* In out-of-court workouts – negotiating the terms of an agreed restructuring while eliminating the need for a costly and time-consuming formal bankruptcy process;
* In pre-arranged bankruptcy proceedings, negotiating with multiple creditor constituents prior to filing for bankruptcy protection in order to minimize the disruption of Chapter 11 proceedings while preserving the going concern value of the business enterprise and maximizing recovery to parties in interest; and
* As special counsel on specific matters unique to the bankruptcy process.
Creditor Representation
Our attorneys have extensive experience representing various creditor constituents including Fortune 500 clients in regional and national bankruptcy cases, unsecured creditors' committees, secured lenders and other secured creditors, as well as trade and lien creditors. In representing creditors, our attorneys strive to maximize client recoveries through negotiated settlements or use of litigation, as necessary. Among our attorneys' extensive experience in creditor representations, we have provided services for:
* Risk management in advance of formal bankruptcy proceedings – limiting potential exposure in the event a financially distressed company is unable to avoid seeking bankruptcy protection;
* Representation of creditor interests within formal bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court workouts, focusing on maximizing both short- and long-term recoveries; and
* Representation of defendants in preference and fraudulent conveyance actions.
We have also represented parties interested in acquiring the assets of a distressed company or otherwise participating in the on-going equity ownership.
Our attorneys seek to build consensus and achieve negotiated settlements when possible, seek alternative dispute resolution when practicable, and to aggressively litigate and protect the interest of our clients in court proceedings when necessary. In order to best serve the interests of our clients, we routinely collaborate with members of our firm that have expertise in Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities, Taxation, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, Labor, Employment, and Intellectual Property and Technology.
Kim Martin Lewis
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
255 E 5th St #1900
Cincinnati OH 45202
Tel: 513 977-8259
Fax: 513 977-8141
E-mail: kim.lewis@dinslaw.com
Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy - American Board of Certification
Practice Areas
- Business Restructuring and Reorganization
- Corporate
Kim Martin Lewis is Chair of the firm's Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group and focuses her practice on corporate reorganization, insolvency, financing, workout, and bankruptcy law.
Kim has represented several Fortune 500 companies including counsel to The Procter & Gamble Company as creditor in many restructurings and bankruptcies across the country. She also has experience serving as Restructuring Counsel for several large companies in the retail and manufacturing industries, including Milacron, Inc., The Wornick Company, Pennsylvania Fashions (fka rue 21, inc.), Elder Beerman, and Federated Department Stores, among others.
Stemming from her representation of Wallace's Bookstores, Inc., Kim served as the counsel for the Bankruptcy Trustee in a case that was tried before the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in a decision in favor of her client in Central Community College, et al. v. Bernard Katz (Case No. 04-885).
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