Real Estate Restructuring

In today's sensitive market conditions, real estate projects often encounter unpredictable financial challenges. Drawing on its integrated, cross-disciplinary team of real estate, finance, litigation, bankruptcy, tax and corporate workout lawyers KZR&P advises on a broad range of real estate-related workouts, restructurings and liquidations.

Among our current clients are developers, lenders, borrowers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers, investment funds and franchisors. We also represent lenders seeking to enforce defaulted obligations secured by real estate.

In particular we offer:

• representation of buyers, debtors-in-possession and trustees in the acquisition and disposition of real estate properties;
• representation of landlords and tenants in the restructuring of leases, and the disposition of leases in bankruptcy proceedings;
• representation of financial institutions and others in the acquisition and restructuring of troubled loans, discounted notes and related collateral;
• representation of investors, borrowers, lenders, landlords and tenants in bankruptcy and state court disputes, including foreclosures, receiverships and relief from stay proceedings;
• resolving disputes among joint owners of property through negotiation or litigation;
• representation of developers, property owners and lenders concerning the entitlements of land use considerations;
• tax planning associated with declining asset values, including the sale of assets with debt in excess of basis and the restructuring of estate planning strategies;
• enforcement of creditor’s rights, including realization upon collateral, collection on guarantees, and preference causes of action and other bankruptcy related claims; and
• restructuring and renegotiation of credit obligations of borrowers.