Restructuring and Insolvency

Specialising in financial and corporate restructuring and insolvency matters, our team has worked on many of the major cross-border restructurings and insolvencies of the past decade.

We are experienced in all stages of the restructuring or insolvency process. Thanks to our vast sectoral expertise, we act for a wide range of clients, including domestic and international borrowers, lender groups, creditors, shareholders, directors, sponsors as well as bidders in distressed transactions. Teamwork with colleagues from our other practice groups enables us to deliver a comprehensive legal service for both in-court and out-of-court restructurings and settlements.

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Stibbe advises Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

Stibbe assisted Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. in the sale and transfer of 100% of the shares of TMD Friction Group S.A. to AEQUITA.

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Stibbe advises creditors of the Keter Group on its debt extension transaction

Stibbe has advised a group of senior lenders to the Keter Group on the successful completion of a transaction that includes maturity extensions of the Group’s senior and holdco PIK facilities.

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Stibbe advised on the transformative restructuring of the Frigoglass Group

Stibbe advised Frigoglass on the consensual recapitalisation and financial restructuring of Frigoglass S.A.I.C. and the group of companies formerly controlled by it (the “Frigoglass Group”).

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Press release: ATB declared bankrupt, Toni van Hees and Job van Hooff appointed bankruptcy trustees

On 22 April 2022, Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V. ("ATB") filed for bankruptcy and was declared bankrupt by the Amsterdam District Court. The court appointed A. van Hees and J.E.P.A. van Hooff as bankruptcy trustees.

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Our team has broad experience in domestic and international restructuring mandates, using both foreign proceedings (e.g. the English restructuring plan proceedings) and national out-of-court restructuring proceedings (e.g. the Dutch scheme (WHOA)). Lawyers from our team are regularly appointed by the court to act as bankruptcy trustees, administrators in suspension of payments proceedings and restructuring experts in out-of-court restructurings.

Acting on debt and corporate restructurings, we handle issues regarding capital restructuring, including rescue rights issues, rescheduling of debts, moratoriums, standstills, debt to equity swaps, distressed M&A transactions, plans of composition, and restructuring by means of insolvency proceedings.

By drawing on our expertise in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and tax, employment, environment and planning, EU and competition law, we handle matters in the most integrated and coordinated way.

We have proven experience in combined formal insolvency procedures in various jurisdictions around the world. We assist clients who are confronted with complex restructuring and liquidation issues.

Alongside our advisory work and appointment as bankruptcy trustee and liquidator, we focus on litigation work. We have been involved in various high-profile matters that include restructuring issues or important insolvency litigation. We act for creditors and board members in proceedings in high-profile bankruptcies. Our team also has particular expertise in proceedings in respect of fraudulent conveyances and directors’ liability.

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"Straightforward advice. Always evaluating multiple options to come to the best advice. Swift response time."

The Legal 500
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"The lawyers are all very knowledgeable, with strong capacities to cut through complexity."

Chambers Europe
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"It is an excellent team with strategic skills and commercial understanding."

Chambers Europe
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"The team is very resourceful and capable of maintaining balance and serenity in a highly charged atmosphere."

Chambers Europe
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"Stibbe has an excellent team both in restructuring and insolvency, taking complex legal issues and getting to the heart of the matter quickly and efficiently."

The Legal 500
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"The team is strong in determining legal strategies (long and short term). Good focus on all aspects of the case, not just procedural."

The Legal 500
2023
Restructuring and Insolvency

"The team is very knowledgeable and creative. They have the ability to connect legal framework and practical context in order to work to a solution."

The Legal 500
2022
Restructuring and Insolvency

"They are able to quickly determine their client’s level of knowledge and experience, and tailor their communication and advice accordingly."

The Legal 500
2021
Restructuring and Insolvency

"The team at Stibbe is incredibly efficient in dealing with client queries. Their commercial and pragmatic solutions really stand out."

The Legal 500
2021
Restructuring and Insolvency

"Leaders at what they do and very well connected. Exceptional knowledge of the system. Very professional."

The Legal 500
2021
Restructuring and Insolvency