Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation Law

KZR&P represents a wide variety of clients, including large lender groups, agents to syndicated lending groups, major institutional creditors, asset managers, individual lenders and other financial institutions and corporate debtors. Where necessary our lawyers call upon experts in other departments of the firm in the areas of banking, capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, real estate and tax to work on restructuring and insolvency matters.

In particular we offer:

• representation of clients during all stages of bankruptcy including negotiation of composition, extension and liquidation agreements, creditor assignment agreements, and sale transaction conditions with trustees in bankruptcy;
• risk analysis of contract conclusion and other procedures connected with business entities in poor financial condition as well as individuals already declared bankrupt;
• legal advice for debtors finding it difficult to pay off debts on time as well as for creditors asserting claims after initiating recovery or bankruptcy proceedings;
• advice on bankruptcy prevention as well as advising creditors on receivables’ protection in the case of bankruptcy;
• assistance with company and capital group restructurings, including companies in the process of privatization as well as ones acquired through merger and acquisition transactions;
• representation of clients - including financial institutions - in the context of refinancing or alterations to financing schemes (e.g. exchanging bank loans for equity intended for private investors);
• advice and assistance with debt recovery from companies in liquidation; and
• full-scale tax advice in relation to restructuring projects.