Alison Bauer is a partner in Foley Hoag's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice, where she focuses on U.S. and international business reorganizations, creditors’ rights, distressed acquisitions and financing in the context of court proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Alison has represented debtors and creditors in chapter 7, 11 and 15 cases.

Alison regularly advises pension funds, private equity groups and other financial services institutions in distressed investments across a variety of industries including retail, manufacturing, automotive, shipping, mining, energy, oil and gas, real estate, financial services, technology, and video gaming and entertainment. She also advises traditional and non-traditional lenders including debtor-in-possession lenders, asset-based lenders, other institutional lenders, and agents of lenders. Alison negotiates on behalf of strategic purchasers and sellers in distressed mergers and acquisitions in and out of bankruptcy. She has acted for official committees of creditors and general unsecured creditors in an array of matters, including landlords, vendors, and defendants to preference and fraudulent conveyance actions.

Alison counsels clients on how to mitigate bankruptcy related risks in vendor agreements and intellectual property transactions. She also opines on non-consolidation and true sales.

EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, J.D., 1995

Brown University, B.A., 1992

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York