About

Provided by Lenz & Staehelin

Our Insolvency and Restructuring practice group has extensive experience in representing creditors and debtors in complex domestic and cross-border (in court or out of court) restructuring and insolvency proceedings. We also assist our clients in identifying and addressing insolvency related risks through appropriate structuring of transactions and contract drafting and counsel creditors in pre-insolvency enforcement scenarios.

Members of the practice group have a diversified background and pool wide-ranging know-how (including Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Litigation and Tax) which ensures a holistic and innovative approach when counselling our clients.

Our work includes:

  • Representing creditors in Swiss insolvency proceedings
  • Advising companies in (out-of-court and in-court) restructuring proceedings
  • Advising creditors and debtors on the implementation of cross-border restructuring schemes
  • Assisting creditors in pre-insolvency enforcement scenarios and analyzing the risks of enforcement and challenges to security in insolvency scenarios
  • Advising board members and management of companies in need of financial restructuring
  • Representing purchasers and sellers of distressed debts
  • Insolvency-related litigation
  • Sale and acquisition of distressed companies

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Switzerland

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Lenz & Staehelin has a large team that routinely acts for creditors, debtors and lenders on insolvency and restructuring matters. The law firm frequently advises on enforcement proceedings involving both Swiss and foreign bankruptcies and on the purchase and sale of distressed debt and companies. The team represents clients in insolvency litigation.

Work Highlights

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  • Lenz & Staehelin advised GZO, a regional hospital, on its restructuring efforts involving several restructuring measures and on contingency planning to protect the going concern assumption.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Tanja Luginbühl
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Tanja Luginbühl
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
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Band 1
Tanja Luginbühl demonstrates skill in handling cross-border insolvency and litigation matters. Her clients are found in a range of sectors such as energy, finance, manufacturing, retail and aviation.

Tanja Luginbühl is a very accomplished restructuring lawyer with comprehensive knowledge of cross-border matters in restructuring. She is also very experienced and a lovely person to work with.

Tanja Luginbühl is a leading practitioner.

Tanja sets the standard for outstanding service, effective advocacy, professional poise and personal grace.

Tanja was able to understand a complex situation quickly and come up with a legal plan that maximised our commercial position and achieved the best results.

Roland Fischer
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Roland Fischer
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Band 4

Roland Fischer is well placed to advise distressed businesses on debt restructurings.

Roland Fischer is an absolute star and very sophisticated.

Roland is excellent, always available and offers strong, clear advice.

Roland combines service excellence with outstanding expertise and charm.

What really distinguishes Roland is his ability to distil complex things down into understandable chunks, find solutions to them, move on to the next thing and repeat the process.

Ranked Lawyers at
Lenz & Staehelin

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Restructuring/Insolvency

Tanja Luginbühl
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Tanja Luginbühl
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
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Band 1
Roland Fischer
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Roland Fischer
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Band 4

Members

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Beat Kühni

Daniel Tunik

Dominique Müller

Tanja Luginbühl

Tanja Luginbühl

Head of Department

Industries

Provided by Lenz & Staehelin

Banks

Energy

Financial Services

Industrial Engineering

Real Estate

Retail

Telecommunications