Our Restructuring and Insolvency Group advises on a range of practical solutions with a focus on value maximisation in distressed or insolvent situations.

We offer a comprehensive service, dealing with everything from large-scale corporate workouts to personal bankruptcies.

Our expertise in the restructuring and insolvency arena covers a wide spectrum of commercial and legal matters, from corporate and financial restructurings to issues arising in the context of formal insolvency procedures. We also draw on the experience of the other specialists in our firm including banking, property, corporate finance, litigation, pensions, employment and intellectual property.

In addition, the team provides regular updates to clients and contacts through our e-bulletin service that keeps them informed of the latest legal and commercial developments.

Our advice covers areas such as:

• Corporate restructuring and reorganisations
• Debt restructuring
• Pre-insolvency advice
• Advising on insolvency procedures
• Disposal of insolvent businesses
• Asset realisation
• Challengeable transactions
• Directors’ duties, liabilities and disqualification
• Insolvency litigation
• Creditors’ rights and remedies
• Retention of title
• Enforcement of guarantees and securities
• Pre-insolvency diligence
• Ranking and adjudication of claims in insolvency

Clients include insolvency practitioners, banks, financial institutions, landlords, companies in
financial distress, pensions trustees and a wide range of commercial creditors.

"According to clients, Shepherd and Wedderburn’s debt recovery lawyers excel at “keeping the lines of communication open” and providing assistance with complex legal or technical issues."
Chambers 2008