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Restructuring and insolvency

Helping stakeholders to navigate financial challenges and achieve successful outcomes from distressed situations, across the UK and internationally.

Our Restructuring and Insolvency team provides specialist, straightforward advice to a variety of stakeholders dealing with businesses facing financial distress.

We work with clients across various sectors, representing a range of stakeholder positions, from companies and lenders to opportunistic investors, directors, regulators, pension trustees and insolvency practitioners.  

Whether your goal is to rescue a failing company, mitigate exposure or address situations where businesses cannot be saved, our team is here to support you. We will help you to understand what options are available and offer clear, strategic and commercial advice. 

Our services encompass a wide range of solutions designed to address your unique challenges. From corporate and financial restructuring to contingency planning, formal insolvency and distressed investing, we ensure comprehensive support and guidance across all aspects of restructuring and insolvency. 

Our significant experience with international cases allows us to handle both domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency issues adeptly. At Burges Salmon, we are committed to providing the guidance and expertise necessary to navigate these complex situations. 

Memberships:

  • The Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)
  • INSOL International and INSOL Europe
  • The Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA)
  • The Professional Association for Property and Fixed Charge Receivers (NARA)
  • The Turnaround Management Association (TMA)

Our expertise

Debt and equity restructuring

Explore Burges Salmon’s expertise in delivering innovative debt and equity restructuring solutions to address financial distress in capital structures.

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Formal insolvency

Explore how we help clients navigate the challenges arising from formal insolvency proceedings.

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Distressed M&A

Explore Burges Salmon’s full-service expertise in distressed M&A. Understand how we deliver complex transactions in challenging financial situations.

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Insolvency litigation

Expert insolvency litigation services, offering tailored and commercial legal solutions in complex insolvency disputes.

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What others say

“They are proactive, knowledgeable and technically sound. The lawyers are engaging and responsive, and provide an excellent client service.”

Chambers UK 2025

“Their prior knowledge of the industry and their ability to keep up to date with ever-changing developments makes the team a delight to work with and gives assurance that they are at the top of their game.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“Quality with strength in depth not only in the restructuring team itself but being able to bring in other areas of expertise such as the property and real estate team.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

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