Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Roschier
With extensive experience in this field, Roschier offers the legal expertise and business perspective necessary to achieve successful results in complex and challenging restructurings. Roschier advises stakeholders at all levels of the capital structure from corporate debtors experiencing financial difficulties, to lender groups, agents, syndicated lending groups, commercial creditors, insolvency officers, official and unofficial creditors’ committees, principal finance and private equity sponsors, financial institutions, accountants and financial advisors.
Roschier advises clients on a wide variety of restructuring-related matters, including:
• Contingency planning
• Out-of-court restructurings and distressed debt trading
• Corporate restructurings to avoid formal insolvency procedures
• Debt restructuring, including all tranches of debt
• Debt-to-equity swaps and restructuring by way of conversion to hybrid debt
• Other forms of capital restructuring
• Restructuring by means of corporate finance transactions
• Restructurings through insolvency processes
• Distressed financing and rescheduling.
Chambers Review
Roschier has an outstanding reputation for its capacity to handle both out-of-court and formal restructurings, with significant expertise acting either for bondholders or for bank lenders on the protection of their interests in ailing Swedish corporates. The law firm assists banks with the sale of their exposures in companies undergoing restructuring processes. It advises on judicial compositions and assists with the conversion of debt into equity or hybrid securities. It also advises investors on acquisitions of distressed debt.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Roschier is a one-stop shop for restructuring. It is probably the strongest and most dedicated restructuring practice in Sweden."
"Roschier is a one-stop shop for restructuring. It is probably the strongest and most dedicated restructuring practice in Sweden."
Notable Practitioners
Johan Häger is a top-ranked banking and capital markets lawyer with a correspondingly strong reputation among lenders or bondholders who find themselves in a situation where they need to restructure debt.
"Johan Häger is fun to work with and has a pragmatic approach."
Carl Brodén is a key driving force behind the law firm's technical understanding of restructuring processes and is often active in bond-related debt restructuring.
"Carl is a very strong lawyer who is great to work with."
"He is very analytical, with a lot of good knowledge in how to apply the legal work practically."
Ranked Lawyers at
Roschier
Sweden
Members
Provided by Roschier
Frida Lantoft
Head of Department
Marcus Kern Fahlander
Head of Department