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Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation

Allen & Overy’s global Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation team helps clients prepare for and respond to unanticipated and sometimes rapid changes in business circumstances.

We manage all aspects of insolvency worldwide, specialising in complex, multi-jurisdictional insolvencies involving competing creditor claims across the capital structure, handling novel issues from diverse groups. 

Our advice spans all aspects of contentious insolvency work:

  • retention of title claims
  • enforcing security
  • representing officeholders in numerous and diverse applications for directions
  • assessing risk for restructuring proposals
  • defending corporate restructuring and reorganisations

Our team seamlessly combines expertise in both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of complex restructurings. We work closely with our renowned, market leading restructuring and insolvency group, which advises on the largest and most complex restructurings, and other practice areas such as corporate, employment, pensions, tax, environmental, regulatory and capital markets. We pride ourselves on providing holistic, commercial and pioneering solutions for our clients, as well as successful outcomes.

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Publications: 17 March 2023

Réflexions sur la qualification des titulaires de valeurs mobilières donnant accès au capital dans le système des classes de parties affectées

Véritable révolution, la transposition de la directive insolvabilité rend concevable en droit français l’adoption d’un plan de sauvegarde ou de redressement à l’égard d’une classe de parties affectées…

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