RESTRUCTURING
Strategic Restructuring Advice. In-depth Industry Knowledge
We help our clients navigate all stages of a restructuring, whether it is initial support to company directors and advice to lenders, the preparation of due diligence reports and the negotiation of any standstill arrangements and term sheets, the legal structuring of the restructuring (in conjunction, where relevant, with local counsel), or the implementation of the agreed restructuring plan.
Benefitting from HFW's sectorial expertise, our multi-jurisdictional restructuring team is able to advise on all forms of restructurings across our core sectors - aviation, commodities, construction, energy, insurance and shipping.
Diverse clients
Our clients include the creditors of companies or groups that are undergoing restructuring as well as the distressed companies/groups themselves. We act for listed and unlisted companies, banks and other lenders, trading counterparties, company directors, turnaround investors and managers, insolvency practitioners, corporate purchasers and other stakeholders. We also have particular expertise in dealing with trust matters in offshore financial jurisdictions.
Cross-border expertise
The international nature of our practice means that our lawyers are routinely involved in cross-border issues. We are able to form teams across our worldwide offices, and have specialised experience in dealing with the interaction between Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code and the administration procedure under the UK Insolvency Act.
We also have expertise and experience in dealing with the impact of the European Insolvency Regulations, a wide-ranging piece of European legislation which creates opportunities for financially distressed corporate groups.
A history of success
Over the years our Restructuring Group has successfully advised creditors and debtors in several important matters, including the restructuring of ED&F Man, GombaHoldings, Bermuda Fire & Marine, CammellLaird, HIH, New Cap Re and Cenargo. The latter was the first case to be heard by the English Court regarding the crucial concept of centre of main interests (COMI) as defined in the European Insolvency Regulations.
Within the wider Restructuring Group we also have a dedicated Fraud & Insolvency team whose expertise includes litigation on behalf of administrators, liquidators, provisional liquidators and other office-holders, fraud related insolvencies, fraud investigations and asset tracing, asset recovery in large bankruptcies and issues arising from the cross-border insolvency regulations 2006.
Our Expertise
Our Restructuring Group's extensive expertise includes:
- Advice to directors of distressed companies
- Distressed sales including 'pre-pack administrations'
- Restructuring of debt and workouts for banks and other lenders
- Corporate rescue and turnaround transactions for corporate debtors
- Purchase and reorganisation
- Enforcement & warehousing
- Restructurings in the energy, aviation, shipping, commodities and construction sectors
- Complex loan restructurings
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Previous Contact
Alex Kyriakoulis
Partner
Corporate London
+44 (0)20 7264 8782
Rick Brown
Partner
Fraud & Insolvency London and BVI
Phone (London): +44 (0)20 7264 8461
Phone (BVI): +1 (284) 494 6864
Olivier Bazin
Partner
Geneva
+41 (0)22 322 4814
Gudmund Bernitz
Partner
Finance London
+44 (0)20 7264 8413
David Brotherton
Partner
London
+44 (0)20 7264 8360
Noel Campbell
Partner
Hong Kong and BVI
Phone (Hong Kong): +852 3983 7757
Phone (BVI): +1 (284) 494 6864
Diane de Moüy
Partner
Paris
+33 1 44 94 31 32
Robert Desmond
Consultant
Melbourne
+61 (0) 3 8601 4503
John Forrester
Partner
Singapore
+65 6411 5350
Ian Gordon
Partner
Sydney and Perth
Phone (Sydney): +61 (0)2 9320 4648
Phone (Perth): +61 (0)8 9422 4726
Aaron Jordan
Partner
Melbourne
+61 (0)3 8601 4535
Ling Lui
Partner
Singapore
+65 6411 5201
Georges Racine
Partner
Geneva
+41 (0)22 322 4812
Tien Tai
Partner
Dubai
+971 50 856 8454
Adam Topping
Partner
London
+44 (0)20 7264 8087
Anthony Woolich
Partner
London
+44 (0)20 7264 8033
Jean-Marc Zampa
Partner
Paris
+33 1 44 94 40 50
Zohar Zik
Partner
London
+44 (0)20 7264 8251
Alex Kyriakoulis
Partner
Corporate London
Rick Brown
Partner
Fraud & Insolvency London and BVI
Olivier Bazin
Partner
Geneva
Gudmund Bernitz
Partner
Finance London
David Brotherton
Partner
London
Noel Campbell
Partner
Hong Kong and BVI
Diane de Moüy
Partner
Paris
Robert Desmond
Consultant
Melbourne
John Forrester
Partner
Singapore
Ian Gordon
Partner
Sydney and Perth
Aaron Jordan
Partner
Melbourne
Ling Lui
Partner
Singapore
Georges Racine
Partner
Geneva
Tien Tai
Partner
Dubai
Adam Topping
Partner
London
Anthony Woolich
Partner
London
Jean-Marc Zampa
Partner
Paris
Zohar Zik
Partner
London