Advice to Companies Facing Solvency Issues

We have in-depth knowledge and experience dealing with the wide range of issues which arise when companies face solvency issues, including:

Advising directors on compliance with their legal duties
Advising in relation to the full range of restructuring/insolvency options
Defending contested statutory demands and winding-up petitions
Negotiating settlements so as to allow the company to return to solvency without insolvency proceedings being instituted

Our Experts

Advising a substantial construction group in relation to the winding-up of a subsidiary and subsequent calls on contruction bonds/indemnities, ultimately concluding in a complex settlement which allowed all relevant companies to remain solvent
Advising the directors of a secured lending business which had been historically mismanaged, including in relation to solvency issues and coordinating a strategy to minimise losses to stakeholders and rationalise the company's operations
Advising directors of various companies in ensuring compliance with their duties when faced with solvency issues, including in complex situations involving ongoing cash-flow management and engagement from lenders and private equity houses

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