Insolvency & Business Turnaround Services

Dealing with a financially troubled business enterprise can be one of the most challenging experiences that you may ever encounter.  Choosing the right team to help steer you through the process is critical.  With the Help Organisation advisors we have a wealth of experience and expertise dealing with business turnaround, restructurings, insolvencies and bankruptcies, uniquely positioning us to provide effective, timely and strategic solutions in the most taxing situations.

The Business Restructuring and Insolvency Group at The Help Organisation knows how to navigate complex domestic and multi-national business reorganisations and restructurings, both court-supervised and informal.  We have considerable experience in working in the automotive, manufacturing, steel, airline, mining, biomedical, technology, financial services, retail, marketing, natural resources, insurance, healthcare, construction, real estate, entertainment, funeral, communications and knowledge-based industries.

Business turnaround & restructurings do not occur in a vacuum.  The Help Organisation team is able to draw upon the depth and breadth of being an European firm in all legal areas critical to a business reorganisation, including banking and securitisations, private and public equity, mergers and acquisitions, labour and employment, intellectual property, governmental relations, and commercial property.  From experience, we know that having access to the required experts at the right time can tip the scales in favour of a positive outcome. Insolvency cases often require skilled advocacy before the courts.  Help Organisation has significant expertise in complex litigation matters before trial and appellate courts.  Our legal team provide skilled advice and representation to a wide range of stakeholders in relation to business restructuring, insolvency, and bankruptcy matters. These include:

Advising businesses in financial distress on restructuring options and alternatives including initiating and directing until their conclusion formal restructuring proceedings.

Advising boards of directors and independent/special committees of private and public corporations in relation to financially troubled businesses.

Advising formal and ad-hoc creditors committees, including official committees of unsecured creditors appointed in cases being administered under the Insolvency Laws.

Advising institutional and non-regulated lenders, agents to and members of lending syndicates, operational, term, asset-based and second-lien lenders, distressed debt investors, trust indenture trustees, bondholders, private equity and hedge fund investors and formal and ad hoc note holders committees in relation to insolvent business debtors.

Advising secured creditors in relation to the protections of their rights and interests in insolvency proceedings and the enforcement of their security, privately and through court-supervised processes.

Advising purchasers acquiring businesses or distressed assets in cases administered under the Insolvency Acts, from privately or court-appointed receivers and from trustees in bankruptcy.

Advising suppliers, equipment lessors and vendors, commercial landlords and contracting third parties in relation to insolvent or defaulting debtors and in restructuring and insolvency proceedings and realisations.

Advising financial advisors, investment bankers and other consultants relating to their engagement in insolvency proceedings.

Prosecuting and defending preference actions and litigating actions for fraudulent conveyance of assets and obtaining injunctions, mareva injunctions, and other urgent relief to preserve and protect assets from dissipation.

Acting as litigation counsel on a wide range of issues arising in the context of business restructuring, insolvency, and bankruptcy cases.