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PROMPT ASSISTANCE FOR DISTRESSED COMPANIES
We regularly assist companies in difficulty by providing them with the advice and services they urgently require. We act promptly in order to provide a precise assessment of their situation, draw up a legally viable plan and define a sound business strategy. Our goal is to find the optimal solution and ensure its immediate implementation. Accustomed to negotiating agreements with creditors, lenders and other interested parties, we focus all our attention on helping the distressed company successfully restructure and recover from its problematic situation.

EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS FOR TRUSTEES AND RECEIVERS
We regularly act on behalf of trustees, receivers and controllers, in order to, among other things, manage the assets of companies that are in the process of being restructured. We also work with them to establish a legal restructuring process that is both pertinent and logical from a business standpoint. We guide and support them through the process, by drawing up innovative plans and solutions to ensure that the various stakeholders’ assets are managed properly and that their rights and interests are protected. We also represent these clients before the courts, where we ensure that their rights are protected, regardless of the complexity of the dispute.

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR LENDERS
Working in close collaboration with the BCF Banking and Finance team, we are well positioned to represent lenders involved in financing and restructuring agreements. We can make an effective contribution to a company’s reorganization through interim (DIP) financing, asset-based lending and numerous other innovative means. We also ensure that the vendors’ security interests are protected and, if necessary, we help them execute their rights arising from those interests.

PROTECTING CREDITORS AND SUPPLIERS
Creditors and suppliers may request our assistance if one of their customers is experiencing financial difficulty or is facing the possibility of insolvency or a restructuring. We explore all possible avenues to ensure that the creditors’ and suppliers’ rights are protected and help them decide on, and subsequently implement, a solution. We work with them to find new, cost-effective solutions which can range from informal negotiations to seizures or other more aggressive remedies. Our team also has extensive experience representing creditors and suppliers before the courts, and we use this recourse whenever necessary, in order to defend our clients’ interests.

REDUCING RISK FOR INVESTORS AND PURCHASERS
Our Restructuring team is unparalleled when it comes to representing investors looking to maximize the opportunities arising from corporate restructuring situations. Our vast business network allows us to offer much more than just legal solutions. We recognize that the environment surrounding a company’s development is often complex, and as a result, we have developed our teams and our network in such a way so as to be prepared to overcome this challenge. Nowadays, potential investors and purchasers of distressed companies need experts to help them assess and minimize risk. Our Restructuring team has the necessary experience in this regard, and is always ready to spring into action!

MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
BCF uses a unique multidisciplinary approach to provide you with innovative and strategic advice for every transaction. Our restructuring team works closely with our firm’s other professionals in the event that expertise in any of the following areas is required:

  • banking and financing law
  • civil and commercial litigation
  • commercial and corporate law
  • construction law
  • cross-border transactions
  • domestic and international taxation
  • employment law
  • intellectual property
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • real estate law
  • securities

Our many areas of practice are an indication of the broad scope of our expertise. However, the synergy created by the members of these practice groups is what truly defines our ability to efficiently manage the complex matters with which we are entrusted.