Laura Taveras represents debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. She also has experience guiding clients in insolvency-related litigation, out-of-court restructuring, and workouts. Laura's work includes debtor representations in Subchapter 5 and Chapter 15 for international bankruptcies.
People
Laura Taveras
Associate, Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Notable Work
Debtor Restaurant Franchisor:
Represent The Lost Cajun, the franchisor of a 30-store restaurant chain in its Chapter 11, Subchapter V case.
Debtor Restaurant Franchisee:
Represent a franchisee of over 30 popular fast casual restaurants in its Chapter 11 filing in the Northern District of California.
Debtors:
Represent a technology and manufacturing client in the aerospace sector in its involuntary Chapter 7.
Chapter 5 Causes of Action Defense:
Represent Cathay United Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Taiwan, in a $24 million claw back action by Trustee Irving Picard in the Madoff Chapter 7 Securities Investor Protection Act Liquidation proceeding.
Chapter 15:
Represent the designer and manufacturer of theme park attractions in its Chapter 15 filing seeking recognition of a Canadian reverse vesting order.
Chapter 15:
Represent a major Taiwanese bank in a Chapter 15 avoidance action by foreign liquidators in Fairfield Sentry Limited, a British Virgin Island proceeding. Fairfield Limited served as a vehicle for Madoff investments.
Published Work and Lectures
- American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Co-Author, "A Modern Land for the Model Law," (Article selected as one of the 2022 Best of ABI), December 2022
Affiliations
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Dallas-Fort Worth Network Communications Co-Chair
- After 8 to Educate, former Board member