Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Client Strategies is an authoritative, insider s perspective on key legal strategies for representing and advising debtors, creditors, and other parties during both restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings. Featuring partners and shareholders from some of the nation s leading law firms, these experts guide the reader through the key considerations when working with clients in this arena, including understanding the client s business and goals in order to identify reasonable options and develop an effective overall strategy. These top lawyers reveal tips on how to obtain key information from your client, develop a positive attorney-client rapport, and outline realistic objectives in order to appropriately manage client expectations. Additionally, these leaders reveal their strategies for evaluating settlement options, taking into account key timing considerations, and working with clients in fraud recovery scenarios. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving field. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1. Peter W. Ito, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP - "Knowing the Facts: The Key to Successful Client Strategy in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring" 2. Bennett G. Young, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP - "Working with the Bankruptcy Law Client: The Importance of Maintaining Credibility" 3. Richard Epling, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - "Developing a Client Strategy for the Chapter 11 Process" 4. Jeffrey R. Barber, Shareholder, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA - "Building a Bankruptcy Case from the Ground Up" 5. Stephen C. Stapleton, Shareholder, Cowles & Thompson PC - "How Ethics Shape and Inform Client Strategies" 6. Monique D. Almy, Partner and Matthew W. Cheney, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP - "Effective Communication is the Key to Developing and Implementing Customized Strategies to Solve Complex Financial Issues" 7. Christine E. Baur, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP - "The Unsuspecting Creditor: Fraud and Ponzi Schemes" 8. Henry Condell, Partner, Phillips Nizer LLP and Eric G. Waxman III, Partner, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein LLP - "Client Strategies in Bankruptcy-Related Matters"