Restructuring & Insolvency​​​

Recent Experience

 

1.  Advising shareholders, directors, companies, examiners, process advisers, creditors, and investors on corporate restructuring matters including informal out of court restructurings, SCARP and examinership proceedings. Examples include Harp Renewables, East Coast Bakehouse, KC Capital Property Group, Senoptica, Hopfully Brewing, JV Ledwith, Chequer Catering, Voicesage, and Xtrupac.  

 

2.  ​Advising shareholders, directors, creditors and appointed liquidators on solvent liquidations, creditors’ voluntary liquidations, and official (Court ordered) liquidations including following shareholder disputes and on contested winding up petitions. Examples include Aigean Marine, IDT, Presbyterian Mutual Society, Altada, Xerotech, Sonder, Art of Air, BD Butler Foods, Officebox, Casa Communications, Steelworks, and Born Group.

 

3.  ​Advising companies, creditors, officeholders and stakeholders on Irish law aspects of various cross border restructuring mandates involving multi-jurisdictional filings including United States Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Canadian CCAA, Norwegian Reconstruction, and Irish Examinership. Examples include Aralez, Skillsoft, Weatherford, Mallinkcrodt, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Garret Motion.

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4.  Advising liquidators on restriction applications and asset swelling proceedings to maximise returns for creditors.

 

5.  Advising individual directors and boards on their duties in the context of financial distress.​

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6.  Advising borrowers, lenders and funds on debt recovery, consensual workouts, enforcement, challenges to the validity of appointment of receivers and negotiations towards settlement.