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Sara Chenetz assists clients in formulating and implementing practical, and often complex, solutions to business concerns and opportunities for growth. In and out of court, she guides clients through restructurings, workouts, and litigation, including helping clients identify investment prospects, recover amounts owed, enhance business relationships, and improve governance and capital structures.
Sara has first-chaired multiple trials, arbitrations, and mediations, in addition to serving as a court-appointed Chapter 11 trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Central District of California and District of Nevada. She continues to serve as a mediator in bankruptcy cases in California and elsewhere.
Sara regularly counsels businesses and individuals addressing current and possible financial distress, including troubled businesses, their officers and directors, first and second lien holders, buyers of assets, official committees, debtors in possession, trustees, assignees, and other entities doing business with troubled companies. She has developed niche knowledge in a variety of areas and industries, including aerospace, entertainment, fintech, real estate, senior living, and wine. A senior fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, Sara has been ranked by Chambers USA, which highlighted clients' comments, including one stating, "Sara is an outstanding lawyer and client manager; she is an excellent active listener, facilitator and solutionist - she always provides practical strategies and solutions that move a matter forward." In 2022, Sara was recognized among the "Top Bankruptcy Lawyers in California" and the "Top 100 Women Lawyers" by the Daily Journal. Sara frequently speaks on restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency topics.
