Insolvency Litigation
Specialist legal litigation advice in all areas of restructuring and insolvency.
Full-service capability in insolvency litigation
Our team of financial lawyers provide full-service capability in insolvency and restructuring ranging from insurance and debt related matters, through to recovery actions and asset recovery.
Our team acts for banks and other lenders, corporate debtors, company directors, turnaround investors and managers, insolvency practitioners, corporate purchasers as well as creditors and other stakeholders.
Internationally experienced litigation team
We have a wealth of experience, offering expert guidance in litigation for administrators, liquidators, provisional liquidators, and other office-holders, whether based in the United Kingdom or internationally.
Our services encompass advising on fraud-related insolvencies, conducting fraud investigations and asset tracing, facilitating asset recovery in significant bankruptcies, and addressing challenges stemming from the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations of 2006.
Our experience in Insolvency Litigation
Our experience advising on matters associated with restructuring and insolvency extend across borders and a wide range of related issues.
Contested winding up in both Hong Kong and Bermuda of a Bermudan company operating in Hong Kong – acting for creditor banks and then the provisional liquidators.
Acting in the first English case on the insolvency provision of the ISDA master agreement, taking the matter to the Court of Appeal. The issues involved the competing interests of the trade counterparties of North American Steamship Ltd (NASL) and the company’s Canadian trustees in bankruptcy (for whom we acted). The counterparties who were otherwise due to pay to NASL, were seeking to avoid contributions to the company’s estate under the ISDA terms.
Acting for the trustees in bankruptcy of Viren Rastogi, a former director and controlling shareholder of RBG Resources which went into liquidation owing $400 million to its bankers. Now a leading Court of Appeal authority on preventing the automatic discharge of bankruptcy in fraud cases.
Related services
We offer comprehensive legal advice to clients on a wide range of insolvency litigation matters, leveraging close collaboration with specialised teams across our global network to deliver a seamless and integrated service.
