Restructuring and Insolvency

ALRUD Restructuring and Insolvency practice is one of the largest and widely recognized teams on the Russian market. Our long-standing experience and unique knowledge allow us to carry out complex out-of-court restructuring projects and bankruptcy cases in Russian courts. We successfully provide comprehensive management of bankruptcy procedures and consult on specific bankruptcy-related issues.

Appreciating the difficulties that the international corporations and their Russian-based subsidiaries may experience, ALRUD is well placed to offer services specifically-tailored to the issues of restructuring and cross-border insolvency proceedings designed to minimize the possible risks and ensure a successful recovery from crisis. This requires a deep expertise in bankruptcy law, which remains one of the most complex industries with many litigation issues.

Our clients include leading Russian and international corporations – banks and financial institutions, investment funds, vehicle manufacturers, retail, energy, IT and logistic companies. We have gained substantial experience of working on the side of creditors and debtors both in general support of the cases, and on the side of other interested parties in the disputes on challenging transactions, bringing to subsidiary liability, etc. This gives us an opportunity to have a bird's-eye view on the whole situation and offer the most effective and suitable solution for each particular case.

All members of our team have versatile expertise, as well as narrow focus on one or another type of disputes. The size of the team allows us to provide a wide scope of services, and also makes it possible to take into account individual requests of our clients and form a team of lawyers with the necessary knowledge and experience for each particular case.

All associates of the Practice speak English and can adivse foreign clients on the professional level.

Our services

• Legal support in debt restructuring procedures and work with distressed assets, including capital restructuring, problem lending and security transactions, changes in the composition of creditors and cross-border restructuring issues.
• General support of bankruptcy procedures on the side of creditors and debtors.
• Representation in the framework of processes for challenging the debtor's transactions, disputes on bringing controlling persons to subsidiary liability and recovering losses.
• Representation in parallel proceedings on the territory of Russia and in foreign jurisdictions.
• Preparation of legal opinions on Russian bankruptcy law for foreign courts and arbitration.
• Criminal support for insolvency disputes.