Douglas Candeub

Doug Candeub has long and broad experience working to achieve effective outcomes for his clients in matters pertaining to bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors’ rights. As a litigator, Doug represents business clients in both state and federal court, at the trial and appellate level, while as a business lawyer, he provides advice and representation to clients on business issues and disputes. Doug has represented a wide range of creditors as well as corporate and individual debtors, creditors' committees, purchasers of debtor assets, and chapter 7 trustees. Creditor representations have included prepetition lenders, trade creditors, landlords, homeowner associations, tort plaintiffs, construction contractors, equipment lessors, health care providers, private equity funds, predecessor entities, insurers, directors and officers, and lawyers and accountants. Doug is regularly involved in litigating and negotiating the range of disputes arising in bankruptcy cases. In addition, Doug has successfully argued appeals in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Experience Representing the interests of creditors through all appropriate means, such as motions for stay relief, notices to preserve mechanics liens, motions to assume or reject executory contracts and unexpired leases, motions to allow administrative expense claims, proofs of claim and oppositions to claim objections, and plan objections. Representing secured parties in preserving their interests in debtor assets Representing defendants in estate actions to recover preferential transfers and fraudulent transfers Investigating and pursuing estate causes of action for debtors, committees, and trustees Representing prospective purchasers of a debtor's business and other debtor assets Advising small business owners on prepetition asset protection Representing corporate debtors in gaining use of their cash collateral, obtaining DIP financing, and restructuring debt