Bankruptcy and restructuring

Bankruptcy and restructuring often involve significant assets, and the time aspect places high demands on the lawyer's expertise, efficiency, and decisiveness.

Advokatfirmaet Dehn has considerable experience in bankruptcy law. Our attorneys handle over 100 bankruptcy estates annually, including several large and complex estates. Four of our attorneys serve as court-appointed trustees.

Our lawyers also assist in restructuring processes and other critical situations where rapid action is needed to save a business or assets, and in assessing the board's responsibility and duty to act. We also assist in safeguarding creditors' interests, for example in matters relating to mortgages and enforcement.

We assist with the collection of outstanding claims and with negotiations and the preparation of documents related to payment agreements, mortgage documents, and promissory notes.

In cases related to bankruptcy and restructuring, we regularly draw on our expertise in labor law and corporate law. 

We assist with:

• Company reviews
• Refinancing, including refinancing agreements and intercreditor agreements
• Out-of-court creditor negotiations and restructurings
• Reconstruction, bankruptcy protection
• Advice and litigation in connection with board liability, including equity issues, loan transactions, and collateral
• Assistance in special engagement cases, including review of deposits and other documentation to assess risk and position, advice in negotiations, etc.
• Various issues and documentation related to mortgages and other collateral or guarantees, enforcement, bankruptcy and debt negotiations
• Collection of monetary claims, including enforcement proceedings
• International insolvency issues 
• Trustee assignments
• Investigations and whistleblowing service

Assistance in bankruptcy