Finance Transactions

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Laurence Frazen’s practice involves representation of debtors, creditors, creditors committees and other interested parties in bankruptcy proceedings locally and across the country. His significant experience includes representing secured lenders and purchasers of assets under §363 of the Bankruptcy Code, debtor-in-possession financing and the trading of distressed debt, commercial workouts and out-of-court restructurings as well as other proceedings, including many single-asset real estate cases.

Mr. Frazen has lectured on bankruptcy and reorganization topics for the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas City and St. Louis Bar Associations, National Business Institute and other financial, professional and trade organizations.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS The Best Lawyers in America©, Kansas City Lawyer of the Year - Litigation-Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2015-2021 The Best Lawyers in America©, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. 2022 Kansas City Business Journal, 'Best of the Bar', 2015 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow American Bankruptcy Institute, member Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri, former chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, board of directors and certified in 1993