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In today's economy, globalization continues to change business and the relationships between companies and individuals. As we emerge into a new post-pandemic reality, companies in all industries face challenges brought about by an unprecedented operating climate.

Changes in business organization and the evolution of digitization on an unprecedented scale are driving a range of technologies that have significantly altered existing paradigms.

Whatever your opportunities or challenges may be, our dedicated team understands your needs and works to strategically define tailored solutions.

We can help you shape your strategy, manage risks and make the most of business opportunities in these areas:

  • Preventive proceedings
  • Insolvency proceedings
  • Out-of-court debt restructuring and renegotiation
  • Turnaround plans and recourse to precautionary measures in insolvency
  • Representation of multi-creditors
  • Participation and presence in creditors' committees
  • Acquisition and management of distressed assets and non-performing loans
  • Advice on cross-border insolvencies
  • Advice to insolvent estates and receivers

We have an in-depth knowledge of how litigation law applies in practice across different markets and with cross-disciplinary teams, we work to provide advice close to our clients’ needs.


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22/02/2024
Harmonisaton of EU Insolvency Law and its impact on avoidance actions in...
The presentation of the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (COM/2022/702) marks a significant step towards the convergence...
10/01/2024
Harmonisation of insolvency avoidance in Europe
This article continues our Law-Now series "Harmonisation of Insolvency Laws in the EU" in which we provide an overview of the articles addressing insolvency avoidance actions of the draft EU directive.As...
31/08/2023
Pre-Pack reorganisation in Serbia and Montenegro: An overview
In response to the proposal by the EU Commission on 7 December 2022 that an EU Directive be issued to harmonise certain aspects of insolvency law, this article provides a look into one of the main topics...
31/08/2023
Pre-Pack reorganisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: An overview
In response to the proposal by the EU Commission on 7 December 2022 that an EU Directive be issued to harmonise certain aspects of insolvency law, this article provides a look into one of the main topics...
17/08/2023
Pre-pack sale proceedings in Croatia and the impact of the EU’s insolvency...
In late 2022, the European Commission proposed a new Directive with a view to harmonise certain aspects of insolvency law. One of the most important innovations to be introduced in this Draft Directive...
11/08/2023
Pre-pack proceedings Slovak law: challenge to avoid speculations?
Only a year ago, Slovakia transposed EU Directive 2019/2023 on preventive restructuring frameworks with an intention to reform insolvency proceedings and make them more effective. (See CMS | Law-Now...
07/08/2023
The Pre-pack Directive proposal: a guide to possible pre-pack proceedings...
On 7 December 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council harmonising certain aspects of the insolvency law. The intention of this...
07/08/2023
Pre-pack insolvency sale in the Czech Republic: Current situation and outlook
A pre-pack insolvency sale, which is an expedited liquidation proceeding that allow for the sale of all or part of a debtor’s business as a going concern to the best bidder shortly after the insolvency...
07/08/2023
Pre-pack sales procedures in Hungary
The success of the recently introduced pre-pack-like rules in Hungary will help determined how the EU Directive on pre-pack sales will be implemented in this country.Existing pre-pack-like rulesPre-pack...
27/07/2023
A short guide to leveraging Pre-Packs in Switzerland
What situations call for a Pre-Pack?Imagine the following scenario: a debtor, in our case a company, is facing severe financial distress. The company, however, still has certain business units that are...
19/07/2023
Pre-pack insolvency proceedings: the Spanish approach
A pre-pack insolvency proceeding is a sale of the still-viable production unit of an insolvent company, negotiated before the formal judicial declaration of the insolvency process, by the judicial appointment...
19/07/2023
Pre-pack proceedings in Portugal introduce a brave new world
The pre-pack proceedings regime set out in the Title IV of the Proposal for a EU Directive to harmonise certain aspects of insolvency law, dated 7 December 2022, will be a tremendous challenge for all...