Craig and Macauley is widely known for its bankruptcy and insolvency practice, including representation of debtors, financial institutions, creditors, purchasers of distressed assets, investors and trustees. Our lawyers also have vast experience in all aspects of bankruptcy court litigation. Our firm represents companies and individuals in complex chapter 11 proceedings and out of court restructurings. We have experience representing all types and sizes of companies, including publicly-held enterprises and closely-held businesses. Our lawyers have played an important role in the successful reorganization of companies engaged in numerous industries, including retail, manufacturing, professional and financial services, software development and other technologies, health care and real estate. 

Our representation of financial institutions and other secured creditors includes obtaining relief from the automatic stay and other remedies, negotiating and preparing cash collateral stipulations and debtor-in-possession financing stipulations, and preparing competing plans of reorganization. We also represent lenders in out of court workouts and forbearance situations.

We have significant experience representing creditors' committees in large chapter 11 cases. Creditors' committees, unsecured creditors and commercial landlords retain us because of our ability to obtain significant recoveries on their behalf. Our combined bankruptcy and litigation experience enables us to obtain favorable results for creditors in both bankruptcy proceedings and workouts. 
Our lawyers also represent purchasers of assets from chapter 11 debtors and trustees. We have advised clients purchasing a wide variety of assets and businesses, including real estate, manufacturing assets, intellectual property, and financial service businesses.

Lawyers in our firm have written and spoken on a variety of bankruptcy law subjects and are recognized for their contributions to state and national insolvency organizations.

In 1996, Craig and Macauley became the first law firm in the country to post reported bankruptcy decisions to a searchable online database. The website address is www.massbankruptcylaw.com.