Perkins Coie's bank clients confront unique financing and workout issues in their indenture trustee and related agency capacities, which we address in our comprehensive representation of the corporate trust departments of banking institutions in domestic and cross-border capital market transactions.

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Perkins Coie's bank clients confront unique financing and workout issues in their indenture trustee and related agency capacities, which we address in our comprehensive representation of the corporate trust departments of banking institutions in domestic and cross-border capital market transactions.

Perkins Coie provides comprehensive representation of the corporate trust departments of banking institutions in domestic and cross-border capital market transactions. 

Our team comprises multiple lawyers with more than 20 years of experience. Individually and collectively, they offer extensive knowledge in the review and negotiation of indentures for a wide range of debt and securities transactions, including unsecured and secured corporate, structured, asset-backed, and municipal debt and securities offerings. They routinely handle escrow, custody and agency agreements, securities lending facilities, and project finance.

As trusted counsel to domestic and global banking institutions, our lawyers support clients across the entire spectrum of their trust and agency roles, encompassing indenture trustee, successor trustee, collateral or security agent, custodian, depositary bank, administrative agent, and many other roles. Clients include the following:

  • The Bank of New York Mellon
  • Citibank, N.A.

  • Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

  • Delaware Trust Company

  • Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

  • HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

  • MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
  • Truist Bank
  • UMB Bank, N.A.
  • U.S. Bank, N.A.
  • Western Alliance Trust Company, N.A.
  • Wilmington Trust, N.A.
  • Wilmington Savings Fund Society

Our Corporate Trust lawyers have played important roles in financing transactions that have supported thousands of corporations, projects, and sovereigns across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Knowledge developed through frequent successes in bankruptcy, restructuring, and litigation ensures that our clients receive the most comprehensive and effective representation in default administration, bankruptcy, and related litigation matters.

Defaults & Bankruptcies

Perkins Coie represents multinational banking corporations and trust departments of major banks in bond defaults, issuer bankruptcy, and litigation cases across the country.

Our team of corporate trust litigation and bankruptcy lawyers handle complex litigation, post-default, and reorganization scenarios, and advise clients on a breadth of corporate trust matters. The firm’s bankruptcy lawyers provide comprehensive counsel to major banking institutions serving as indenture trustees or agents in connection with bond and loan facility defaults. With considerable experience in complex reorganizations, including those for Lehman Brothers Holdings, Tropicana Entertainment, Wickes Inc., American Home Mortgage Corporation, Tribune Company, Calpine Corp., Borders Group Inc., and WorldCom, Inc., our lawyers have consistently demonstrated their skills in navigating the intricacies of post-default situations.

Specifically, we assist indenture trustees in the following:

  • Exercising their post-default rights and obligations under debt indentures and loan agreements.
  • Participating actively in the negotiation of issuer reorganizations and restructurings, often serving as members of official creditor committees.
  • Defending and prosecuting litigation claims under debt indentures and applicable law frameworks.
  • Coordinating and facilitating distributions to holders stemming from issuer reorganizations and liquidations.
  • Orchestrating effective communication with bondholders throughout the reorganization process.

In addition, our bankruptcy lawyers are well-versed in advising trustees across the spectrum of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings. Our representations include the following:

  • Creditors’ committees.
  • Secured and unsecured creditors.
  • Chapter 7 trustees and liquidating trustees

Our knowledge includes matters involving post-default rights and obligations under debt indentures, loan agreements, and governing federal or state laws. In addition, we assist clients with the following:

  • Negotiating issuer reorganizations and restructurings, often participating as members of official creditor committees.
  • Defending and prosecuting litigation claims arising from indentures and applicable law.
  • Coordinating and facilitating distributions to holders resulting from issuer reorganizations and liquidations.

Perkins Coie provides comprehensive representation of the corporate trust departments of banking institutions in domestic and cross-border capital market transactions. 

Our team comprises multiple lawyers with more than 20 years of experience. Individually and collectively, they offer extensive knowledge in the review and negotiation of indentures for a wide range of debt and securities transactions, including unsecured and secured corporate, structured, asset-backed, and municipal debt and securities offerings. They routinely handle escrow, custody and agency agreements, securities lending facilities, and project finance.

As trusted counsel to domestic and global banking institutions, our lawyers support clients across the entire spectrum of their trust and agency roles, encompassing indenture trustee, successor trustee, collateral or security agent, custodian, depositary bank, administrative agent, and many other roles. Clients include the following:

  • The Bank of New York Mellon
  • Citibank, N.A.

  • Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

  • Delaware Trust Company

  • Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

  • HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

  • MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
  • Truist Bank
  • UMB Bank, N.A.
  • U.S. Bank, N.A.
  • Western Alliance Trust Company, N.A.
  • Wilmington Trust, N.A.
  • Wilmington Savings Fund Society

Our Corporate Trust lawyers have played important roles in financing transactions that have supported thousands of corporations, projects, and sovereigns across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Knowledge developed through frequent successes in bankruptcy, restructuring, and litigation ensures that our clients receive the most comprehensive and effective representation in default administration, bankruptcy, and related litigation matters.

Defaults & Bankruptcies

Perkins Coie represents multinational banking corporations and trust departments of major banks in bond defaults, issuer bankruptcy, and litigation cases across the country.

Our team of corporate trust litigation and bankruptcy lawyers handle complex litigation, post-default, and reorganization scenarios, and advise clients on a breadth of corporate trust matters. The firm’s bankruptcy lawyers provide comprehensive counsel to major banking institutions serving as indenture trustees or agents in connection with bond and loan facility defaults. With considerable experience in complex reorganizations, including those for Lehman Brothers Holdings, Tropicana Entertainment, Wickes Inc., American Home Mortgage Corporation, Tribune Company, Calpine Corp., Borders Group Inc., and WorldCom, Inc., our lawyers have consistently demonstrated their skills in navigating the intricacies of post-default situations.

Specifically, we assist indenture trustees in the following:

  • Exercising their post-default rights and obligations under debt indentures and loan agreements.
  • Participating actively in the negotiation of issuer reorganizations and restructurings, often serving as members of official creditor committees.
  • Defending and prosecuting litigation claims under debt indentures and applicable law frameworks.
  • Coordinating and facilitating distributions to holders stemming from issuer reorganizations and liquidations.
  • Orchestrating effective communication with bondholders throughout the reorganization process.

In addition, our bankruptcy lawyers are well-versed in advising trustees across the spectrum of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings. Our representations include the following:

  • Creditors’ committees.
  • Secured and unsecured creditors.
  • Chapter 7 trustees and liquidating trustees

Our knowledge includes matters involving post-default rights and obligations under debt indentures, loan agreements, and governing federal or state laws. In addition, we assist clients with the following:

  • Negotiating issuer reorganizations and restructurings, often participating as members of official creditor committees.
  • Defending and prosecuting litigation claims arising from indentures and applicable law.
  • Coordinating and facilitating distributions to holders resulting from issuer reorganizations and liquidations.

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