Working with troubled assets, particularly within the framework of insolvency and restructuring is one of the key practice areas dealt with by EQUITY lawyers. We advise and represent clients in negotiations on restructuring loans and changing terms of security. We develop comprehensive strategies combining judicial and extra-judicial methods, conduct difficult negotiations on debt restructuring, in particular, in the process of supporting of insolvency proceedings.
Simultaneously, this practice is not limited to advising lenders, but also includes advising debtors as to restructuring their debts. In particular, we provide an effective protection of clients’s interests in the following areas:
- recovery of bad debts;
- restructuring of debt;
- insolvency proceedings, including the defense of creditors' rights in courts;
- development and implementation of a rehabilitation plan;
- development and implementation of a plan for moving an insolvent banks of the market;
- criminal proceedings relating to insolvency;
- judicial restructuring - beyond insolvency proceedings.
Recognition:
- EQUITY - TOP-1 in bankruptcy practice, Market leaders 2023
- EQUITY - TOP-1 in bankruptcy, TOP-50 Law Firm in Ukraine 2022-2021
- EQUITY is recognized in bankruptcy and restructuring, Chambers Europe 2022-2016
- EQUITY is noted in Restructuring and Insolvency, IFLR 1000 2022
- EQUITY - TOP-3 in the practice of debt restructuring, Leaders of the Market 2019
- EQUITY - law firm of the year in bankruptcy, Legal Awards 2021, 2019, 2016
- EQUITY - TOP-3 in bankruptcy practice, Market leaders 2021-2019
- EQUITY - TOP-2 in bankruptcy practice, ULF 2022-2018: a Handbook For Foreign Clients
- EQUITY - is recommended in bankruptcy and restructuring, Legal 500 EMEA 2020-2018
- Bankruptcy disputes, which were accompanied by EQUITY lawyers, were included in the TOP-50 largest litigations in Ukraine in 2021 according to the publishing house "Legal Practice"
«Ukrainian dispute resolution heavyweight EQUITY is highly-experienced in dealing with distressed assets. The firm possesses a strong track record in insolvency litigation, banking resolution, non-performing loans (NPLs). The firm is a long-standing legal counsel for large industrial-financial groups, financial companies, and accompanied high-profile bankruptcies in various sectors of the economy with the participation of leaders of the banking sector in Ukraine». (ULF 2022: a Handbook For Foreign Clients)
