ABOUT ME

Sara Chenetz represents clients with varied interests in bankruptcy, restructuring, workout, and litigation matters. She has served as first chair in multiple trials, arbitrations and mediations, in addition to serving as a court-appointed Chapter 11 trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (In re Steve Sedgwick) and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada (In re L.V. Paradise I, LLC, et ano.) and as a mediator in bankruptcy cases in New York and California. Sara helps clients formulate and implement practical, and when needed complex, restructuring, workout, litigation, and settlement strategies in a variety of situations, including:

Bankruptcies
Out-of-court workouts
Assignments for the benefit of creditors
Distressed asset sales
Capital and transaction structures
Federal and state litigation and arbitration
Receiverships
Conducting business with financially troubled companies.

Sara has worked with businesses in an array of industries. These include aerospace, agriculture, autonomous vehicles, biotech, defense, ecommerce, entertainment and media, finance and investment management, healthcare, hotels and leisure, manufacturing, mining, professional services, real estate, retail, sports, technology, transportation, and wine.

Through the course of her career, Sara has represented parties in a myriad of roles in bankruptcy, restructuring, workout and litigation matters. She regularly counsels first and second lien holders, buyers of assets, businesses and claims, official and unofficial committees, debtors in possession, bond and equity holders, directors and officers, trustees, assignees and examiners, and businesses seeking to improve their capital structure and operating results. Additionally, Sara’s clients include vendors, customers, employee benefit plans, landlords, tenants, retained professionals, partners, plaintiffs, and defendants.

Earlier this year Sara was named one of the 100 top women lawyers in California by the Daily Journal. A senior fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, Sara has long been ranked by Chambers USA, which highlighted clients’ comments such as “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.” Sara has been named in Lawdragon inaugural and subsequent list of the country’s 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers.