Restructuring/Insolvency

Willkie’s Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department is a global practice comprised of 35 attorneys with market-leading capabilities in all aspects of business and financial restructurings and insolvency matters.  Our integrated U.S. and European restructuring professionals offer the hands-on, results-driven experience that today’s distressed situations demand.  We are held in high regard for our responsiveness and proven experience in complex multi-lateral cross-border restructurings (both in and out of court).  We represent a broad spectrum of clients in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and other key European jurisdictions.

Our team is known for its ability to evaluate quickly the restructuring challenges facing distressed companies and their creditors. We employ creativity, practical legal judgment and an interdisciplinary approach to obtain our clients’ desired results efficiently.  Through our decades of shared experience and by leveraging the knowledge of Willkie’s complementary practice groups, we provide our clients with real-time, realistic assessments of the likely range of obtainable outcomes and the most effective path forward.  We wield our firmly established credibility in court and with other restructuring professionals to forge consensus in highly contentious situations. In circumstances where consensus among stakeholders is not possible, we are well prepared to litigate to best serve our clients’ interests.