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Area of expertise

Insolvency, restructuring and bankruptcy

Setterwalls’ Insolvency, restructuring and bankruptcy group consists of experienced company restructuring and bankruptcy trustees. When necessary, our insolvency experts work in close collaboration with specialists with excellence in related business areas such as banking and finance, dispute resolution, business transfers/M&A, financial regulation and real estate law.

Our insolvency specialists are regularly assigned to company reconstructionists and bankruptcy trustees in larger and complicated cases. Our insolvency department also regularly assists lenders, agents and representatives of bank syndicates, borrowers, private equity sponsors, investors, potential acquirers, board members, government institutions, accountants and financial advisors.

Our expertise covers all types of transactions including debt restructuring, advice on contingency planning, distressed acquisitions/sales, credit bidding, formal insolvency proceedings, out-of-court refinancings and distressed debt trading. We also offer practical and commercial advice on a full range of issues encountered in insolvencies.

Our leading experts are highly ranked by the leading ranking institutes such as Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000 and Legal500.

  • Restructuring and insolvency
    Deep knowledge about how a bank works and which items are key for a bank when working with distressed debt.
    Legal 500
  • Restructuring and insolvency
    Excellent reputation and experience.
    Chambers Europe
  • Restructuring and insolvency
    In-depth knowledge of real estate-related insolvency.
    Chambers Europe
  • Restructuring and insolvency
    The team quickly gets to the point and provides accurate answers.
    Chambers & Partners
  • Restructuring and insolvency
    They have the capacity for both financial restructuring and insolvencies.
    Chambers Europe
  • Restructuring and insolvency
    They understood the legal issues quickly and gave us spot-on advice very efficiently.
    Chambers Europe