There was no summer slowdown for law firms advising on large corporate bankruptcies: the season has brought a bonanza of law firm fee applications and approvals.

Several Am Law 200 firms stand to gain up to tens of millions of dollars from some of the most active Chapter 11 bankruptcies this summer, including Sears Holding Corp. and PG&E Corp.

In the Sears case, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain of the Southern District of New York on June 28 approved fee requests for 16 advisers—including six law firms—that totaled about $130 million in all for work mostly from mid-October through February.