Restructuring & Insolvency Thought Leadership Library

Our Restructuring & Insolvency team publishes a variety of materials throughout the year on a broad range of issues. Below is a selection of our most highly regarded and topical content.

• UK Guides
• US Guides
• Global and EMEA Guides
• Capabilities

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Directors and Professionals

Our UK quick guides provide an easy way for directors and professionals to navigate current legal and topical issues:

• Common Signs of Business Stress and Distress

• Directors’ Duties in a Distressed Scenario 

• How to Identify Pinch Points in Your Supply Chain and De-Risk Them – see also our short form version.

• How to Identify Distress in Your UK Business and Companies You Do Business With

• How Much Support Can Your Business Expect from HMRC?

• When Might Directors and Other Officers have Personal Liability for Company Tax

• Options for Businesses in Stress/Distress

• Top Ten Takeaways for Directors When Managing Stress/Distress in a Business

• Managing the Financial Health of a Business – Key Considerations

• How to Keep Capital Working

• Managing the Financial Health of Your Business (Consolidated Guide)

• What Do You Do if You Receive a Threat of a Winding up Petition?

UK Insolvency Practitioners and Other Professionals

• What do Office Holders Need to Take into Account when Deciding who to Assign an Insolvency Claim To?

• What are the Duties on an Insolvency Practitioner when acting as Nominee or Supervisor of a Company Voluntary Arrangement?

• Treatment of Creditors in a Company Voluntary Arrangement – Fairness and Voting

• The Register of Overseas Entities from a Restructuring and Insolvency Perspective

• Key Questions and Answers for Administrations and Purchasers Dealing with a Pre-Pack Sale

• Termination of Supply Contracts and Insolvency

• Quick guide to Administration

• Quick guide to the Corporate Moratorium 

• Quick guide to Restructuring Plans

• Helpful Guidance About the Role of a Monitor in Terminating a Moratorium

• Director Administration Appointments: Does the Company Really Need a Moratorium?

• Lenders: The Impact of Early Awareness of Winding Up Petitions and Monitoring

Landlords

• Managing Rent Negotiation under the Code of Practice

Making sense of Company Voluntary Arrangements:

• Rent Reductions and Modification of Lease Terms

• Voting and Disclosure of Information

US Guides

• Protect Your US Business Against Supplier or Customer Insolvency

• How to Identify Distress in Your US Business

• Common Signs of Business Stress and Distress

• Crypto Claw-Back Customers Are at Risk

Global and EMEA Guides

Restructuring Foreign Companies in England Using a Restructuring Plan

This alert explains when a foreign company can use an English Restructuring Plan to restructure and the advantages of doing so, giving examples of when foreign companies have successfully restructured in England.

Directors’ Duties

The below guides provide an overview of directors’ duties in the relevant jurisdiction which are particularly relevant when a company is in or is facing financial difficulty.

This guide sets out issues for European businesses to consider when Managing Supply Chain Risk.

• EU Proposals to Harmonise Corporate Insolvency Proceedings

Capabilities

• US Restructuring & Insolvency Capabilities
• EMEA Restructuring & Insolvency Capabilities
• Asia Pacific Restructuring & Insolvency Capabilities