Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Restructuring allows addressing business challenges such as business division and consolidation, transfer of assets within companies and holdings, allocation of non-core assets, pre-sale preparation, and many others.

The professional handling of bankruptcy proceedings helps company owners to keep a good reputation, settle well with creditors and save time.

Our lawyers have extensive experience in providing comprehensive bankruptcy support either for debtors or creditors, as well as services in case of deliberate bankruptcy proceedings initiated by unfair counterparties, helping to take appropriate steps in a timely manner and settle claims arisen from cooperation with insolvent companies.

• Advising owners and management on risks associated with the bankruptcy of their businesses
• Debt recovery assistance in bankruptcy proceedings
• Challenging of transactions on bankruptcy grounds

• Restructuring of holding companies and Russian concerns, as well as drafting and registration of relevant development agreements (project of USD 31 million)
• Legal review of the establishment of several companies in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities
• Full restructuring of the Russian business of a major US manufacturer of tree harvesting machines
• Successfully challenging asset stripping of over EUR 1.5 million in favor of a European bank
• Advising a foreign pharmaceutical manufacturer on bankruptcy and related risks
• Representing the interests of an Italian equipment manufacturer in the bankruptcy proceedings against one of its counterparties in the CIS
• Representing the interests of a European manufacturer of specialized equipment for debt recovery from a counterparty under bankruptcy