Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Provision of legal support to the investment consortium Reuben Brothers and Libyan Foreign Bank in the acquisition of operational control over the United Meat Group, which was in a state of insolvency as a result of the dishonest actions of the controlling shareholder. In addition, we advised on bankruptcy and subsidiary liability. Additional information  

Assistance of a large Kazakhstan-based finance corporation in a highly confrontational process of restoring the solvency of a reinforced concrete plant, Finngrad, JSC. We have managed to counteract the unfair actions of the bankruptcy manager and the plant’s former management, protect the debtor from the claims of fictitious creditors and win a court case to

Representation of the SVSM, JSC, the owner of a bankrupt company, in a claim that concerned challenging a vehicle sale and purchase transaction. Despite a disadvantageous position of an affiliated party in disputes of this kind, the judgment was favourable to our client. Additional information

Provision of the full-fledged advice to the Reinertsen family (owners of the leading Norwegian oil services provider Reinertsen AS and Reinertsen New Energy AS) on regaining control over their Russian business after a hostile takeover in the face of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings against Reinertsen AS in Norway. The project involves corporate structuring (four legal entities),

Assistance to a leading CEE investment group, in protecting its interests in complex negotiations regarding a transaction. We delivered an extensive memo identifying the key stakeholders and hostile creditors in a bankruptcy, and addressed the weak points of the proposed transaction, with our advice being implemented in the negotiation process to the Client’s advantage. Additional

Represented Nordic financial environment corporation as one of the creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings against Zheshartskiy plywood mill. Leading lawyer