About

Provided by Bär & Karrer Ltd

Our restructuring and insolvency team has extensive experience in all aspects of domestic and cross-border restructurings and insolvency matters and works closely with our other practice groups.

A special focus of our practice lies in out of court restructurings, where we can draw on our full range of know-how across relevant related practice fields, such as M&A, corporate law, litigation, financing, employment, tax as well as our banking and insurance practice.

  • distressed M&A
  • sale or acquisition out of composition proceedings
  • advice to directors, officers and shareholders of distressed companies
  • default negotiations under facility agreements, enforcement of pledges and other securities
  • mass dismissals, redundancies, social plans
  • special precautionary requirements and insolvency proceedings for financial institutions.

In insolvency and related court proceedings, we advise and represent debtors, their directors, officers and shareholders as well as creditors, helping with:

  • composition proceedings
  • bankruptcy proceedings
  • fraudulent conveyance actions
  • enforcement of securities
  • creditors' claims in bankruptcy
  • directors' and officers’ liability claims

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Switzerland

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Bär & Karrer is well known for its work in out-of-court restructurings as well as for restructuring and insolvency proceedings for portfolio companies of its many private equity clients. The law firm also assists financial institutions with distressed M&A transactions.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Thomas Rohde
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Thomas Rohde
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
4
Band 4
Thomas Rohde has a broad practice that encompasses distressed M&A, in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings. He advises both creditors and debtors.

We have had a great experience working with Thomas Rohde. He understands what we need and he delivers.

Thomas Rohde stands out for his unmatched technical excellence and practicality.

What truly sets him apart is his consistency. The quality of his work, his strategic insight and his service levels are not occasional highlights, they are the standard.

Thomas Rohde is fast to respond and very proactive.

Thomas Rohde is technically outstanding, strategically astute, commercially minded and an exemplary leader.

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Restructuring/Insolvency

Thomas Rohde
4
Thomas Rohde
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
4
Band 4

Members

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Christoph Neeracher

Christoph Neeracher

Head of Department

Cyrill Diefenbacher

Cédric Chapuis

Luca Jagmetti

Head of Department

Lukas Roesler

Martin Leu

Rocco Rigozzi

Thomas Rohde

Thomas Rohde

Head of Department

Urs Kägi