This work covers corporate restructurings, including reorganising a company’s structure, capital, or ownership, and schemes to reconsolidate assets or liabilities under English law. A solicitor in this area handles the process start-to-finish: advising on strategy, drafting and negotiating court powers and company approvals, preparing and filing scheme documents, arranging creditor and shareholder meetings, applying to the High Court for sanction of a scheme or restructure, and coordinating with administrators, liquidators, and Companies House filings throughout the process.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
The solicitor handles the intricate provisions, court processes, and interactions required to implement a restructure: drafting the scheme documents and ancillary deeds, negotiating with creditors and directors, navigating potential cross-border considerations, and managing the step-by-step court and regulatory approvals that finalise the arrangement and protect the client from future claims.