Protecting the interests of clients who are directly or indirectly involved in reconstruction, recovery or insolvency issues demands high levels of experience and pragmatism.

CMS Cameron McKenna’s Corporate Recovery & Restructuring team has been praised for its commercial, down-to-earth approach and for protecting its clients’ interests. We have significant experience and expertise in acting for banks, distressed debt investors and other stakeholders, as well as businesses in financial difficulty, and form part of a European network of expertise.

The team often combine with other specialist departments to advise on issues such as:

• Rescues and reconstructions working for banks and corporates
• Acquisitions/disposal of distressed debt
• Administrations, administrative receivership, LPA and fixed charge receiverships
• Advising trustees of final salary pension schemes in negotiations with distressed corporates
• Liquidations (both solvent and insolvent)
• Company voluntary arrangements
• Section 425 schemes of arrangement
• Directors’ duties and liabilities including advice to directors of distressed companies 
• Acquisitions from administrations 
• Cross-border restructurings  
• Asset tracing and fraud
• Freezing and search orders
• All types of dispute resolution

Our extensive European footprint has seen the team co-ordinate across a large number of cross-border assignments, some being the highest profile matters of the moment. The strength of this international network enables us to offer a fast and consistent service which ensures that our clients’ interest in cross-border restructurings are quickly protected and that value is maximised.