The Bankruptcy Group of Goltsblat BLP / Berwin Leighton Paisner, based in Moscow, London and Paris, includes associates specialising in bankruptcy legislation and its practical application.

Applying their successful experience of supporting company bankruptcy procedures in various businesses, our associates help clients evaluate correctly the likelihood of problem debtors paying off their debts, choose the best way to resolve a problem debt situation and achieve maximum satisfaction of creditors’ claims during debtor bankruptcy procedures.

When providing legal support for bankruptcy procedures, the specialists of the Bankruptcy Group act in full awareness of the need for all participants’ interests to be taken into consideration and actively promote unified professional approaches to insolvency problems.

Our services:

• Gathering of public information on debtors and their financial status;
• Arranging and co-ordinating comprehensive assessment of problem debtors;
• Developing measures to prevent bankruptcy;
• Advising on bankruptcy problems;
• Initiating debtor bankruptcy proceedings;
• Assessing the justification for creditor claims;
• Drafting applications for inclusion on the creditors’ register;
• Representing debtors and creditors before state arbitration courts and other state authorities, and in negotiations with bankruptcy participants;
• Holding creditors’ meetings and sittings of creditors’ committees;
• Representing debtors and creditors at these;
• Appealing against actions of court-appointed administrators (insolvency officers) and against debtor transactions;
• Initiating criminal investigations into the actions of bad faith debtors and acting for creditors during criminal proceedings.