Imperial Law restructuring and bankruptcy practice integrates corporate and litigation expertise to provide creative and pragmatic solutions to companies, boards and management, trustees, creditors, creditors’ committees, asset acquires and distressed investors.

Our lawyers devises effective strategies for addressing financial distress, restructuring debt obligations and resolving complex issues and claims in both non-judicial consensual restructurings and contentious bankruptcies to judicial Court-ordered corporate restructuring. We draw from the firm’s broad and deep industry and regulatory expertise across various sectors, as well as mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and securities, insurance and tax practices.

Bankruptcy Litigation

Imperial Law is experienced in bankruptcy litigation of all types of controversies, in bankruptcy court and other forums. Our legal team have represented clients in a broad range of bankruptcy-related disputes, from subordination disputes, as well as a wide variety of financial litigation related to bankruptcy cases, including contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, avoidance actions (fraudulent transfer and preference litigation), and claims litigation.

Creditor Representation

Imperial Law creditor practice includes representing a wide variety of clients, including bank agents and groups, creditors and ad hoc committees, financial institutions, indenture trustees, investment firms, hedge funds, and trade creditors. We advise clients on formulating and negotiating financing arrangements. We have significant experience analysing the debtor’s long-term strategies, negotiating plans of reorganization, and litigating inter-creditor disputes, with a view to maximizing the client’s recovery.

Debtor Representation

Imperial Law assists clients navigating financial distress, providing a broad range of business advisory and crisis management services, including advising on governance and strategic review of options to develop and execute creative legal strategies and solutions to preserve corporate value. A substantial part of this focus involves bolstering liquidity and avoiding operational crisis by employing alternative financing techniques. We have significant experience guiding clients through consensual out-of-court workouts, pre-packaged or pre-negotiated bankruptcies, debt and equity exchanges, contested bankruptcy proceedings, and asset sales.

Distressed M&A

Imperial Law has significant experience representing parties in connection with sales of assets of distressed companies outside of bankruptcy. We combine the skills necessary for traditional M&A transactions with the specialized knowledge of bankruptcy law and procedures, fraudulent transfer, successor liability and other risk-protection, and similar issues that must be addressed to protect our clients’ interests.