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Restructuring Lawyers

Restructuring expertise for when the stakes are highest.

We act for all stakeholders in any distressed business scenario. We will help you to make the right decisions when it really counts and provide affirming evidence that you are doing the right thing for everyone throughout the process, so your shareholders, employees and other stakeholders are in the best objective position.

Together we will explore every avenue to achieve your best outcome and safeguard against the worst. Access a dedicated team that will help you manage your stakeholders and their differing priorities, ready internal communications before any information goes public, negotiate brinkmanship, explore strategic rescue funding and create a strong contingency plan.

Helping you emerge stronger.

Restructuring project legal advice for companies, banks and other lenders, trade creditors, and suppliers worldwide.

Transactional and Advisory: We help businesses to navigate challenges and opportunities generally while restructuring their business. This includes:

Assisting with the sale of a business
Acquiring businesses
Providing guidance on how to raise capital for growth
Helping with the initial public offering (IPO) process
Helping businesses avoid or survive financial uncertainty
Protecting stakeholder value
Helping businesses navigate financial restructuring solutions
Exploring business strategies for a new direction
Finding ways to rebuild performance and stakeholder confidence

Whether working to restructure a portfolio of performing or non-performing loans, advising on the acquisition out of administration of a distressed business or managing a corporate collapse.
Distressed Real Estate: We help lenders and borrowers with non-performing loans and assets.
Insolvency Dispute Resolution: We help recover debts on behalf of our banking clients, and act as the receiver in selling assets and paying the bank back.

Visit our Dispute Resolution page.
Financial Restructuring: We help clients in financial difficulties manage their debts and improve their financial stability.

Case Studies

Recapitalising an Airport

After a 90% drop in travellers in 2020, London Southend Airport soon found itself in financial distress, and in need of new management.

We aided its strategic acquisition and recapitalisation to help rescue the asset from further financial distress, utilising the expertise of seven different legal teams from Addleshaw Goddard.

Case Studies

Saving 900 American Golf jobs

When private equity investor, Endless LLP, wanted to purchase the business and assets of Europe's largest golfing retailer, American Golf, time was incredibly tight.

We had just 48 hours to pin down the details on everything from gift vouchers to custom fit golf clubs. Together with the sell-side lawyers, we negotiated face-to-face, day and night, to hammer out the particulars.

Our work

JD Sports

Advised JD Sports on their acquisition of Go Outdoors, which had fallen into administration.

Regis x Supercuts

Represented Deloitte LLP as administrators of Regis/Supercuts hairdresser salons in respect of the sale of the assets of 140 of the 200+ sites across the UK.