Bio

Alison Bauer is a Co-Chair of Foley Hoag's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice, where she focuses on U.S. and international business reorganizations, creditors’ rights, distressed acquisitions and financing in court proceedings and out-of-court workouts. Alison represents 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 life sciences, retail, energy, oil and gas, cannabis, manufacturing, automotive, shipping, mining, real estate, financial services, technology, hospitality, 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.