Restructuring and Insolvency
We help businesses act strategically under financial pressure — from designing crisis-response solutions to restoring control over assets. We handle debt restructuring projects and represent clients in insolvency proceedings on both the creditor and debtor side.
Advising on and structuring complex debt restructurings and refinancing transactions, including syndicated loans, Eurobonds and cross-border financings.
Advising on transactions in situations involving shareholder disputes and liquidity constraints.
Structuring debt resolution mechanisms, from collateral to cross-guarantees.
Representing creditors and debtors in insolvency proceedings, including litigation within bankruptcy cases, challenging transactions and pursuing subsidiary liability claims.
Supporting M&A transactions and investment processes conducted within insolvency procedures.
Securing legal control over assets, from asset freezes to release from the bankruptcy estate.
Structuring and negotiating settlement agreements and pre-trial restructuring, including standstill arrangements and forward purchase structures.
Experience with large-scale transactions with substantial risk exposure
We act in matters where billions and portfolios of strategic assets are at stake. Our practice has proven resilient in high-pressure and crisis negotiations.
We act in matters where billions and portfolios of strategic assets are at stake. Our practice has proven resilient in high-pressure and crisis negotiations.
Managing reputational risk
For our clients, legal protection alone is not enough. We address external exposure as well — communications strategy, counterparty conduct, protection against hostile actions — integrating reputational safeguards into the execution of each project.
For our clients, legal protection alone is not enough. We address external exposure as well — communications strategy, counterparty conduct, protection against hostile actions — integrating reputational safeguards into the execution of each project.
Understanding the business context
We assess not only legal issues, but also financial models and tax structuring logic, ensuring that legal solutions align with the commercial and economic substance of the transaction.
We assess not only legal issues, but also financial models and tax structuring logic, ensuring that legal solutions align with the commercial and economic substance of the transaction.
Why clients choose us
Our projects
Advised a publicly listed industrial group on a comprehensive debt restructuring
The mandate involved coordinating security over shares, real estate, inventory, trademarks and other assets across more than 60 operating subsidiaries, aligning creditor positions and stabilising the group’s financial structure.
exceeding $300 million
$16 million
Advised on the consolidation and transfer of a mining company’s loan portfolio ($ 16 million), including full restructuring of debt obligations.
The project covered more than 30 real estate assets, renegotiation of financial covenants and coordination of guarantees issued by foreign parent companies.
Provided full legal support in the restructuring of a major manufacturing company with total exposure of
approximately $55 million
White Stone partners and lawyers have deep specialisation in core areas of restructuring and insolvency law, with substantial experience advising on complex domestic and cross-border matters.
Experts in restructuring and insolvency
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