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Insolvency

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We have a breadth of experience advising all the parties affected when a company is in financial distress. Our advice includes: group restructurings, debt refinancing, protection of creditors’ rights, liability of board members and investments in distressed debt and liabilities of insolvent companies.

Our experience in insolvency spans the main sectors of an economy. This enables us to confront any corporate distress situation with an in-depth knowledge of the issues at stake and potential cross-border implications.

Insolvency proceedings

  • Pre-insolvency advice
  • Directors’ liability
  • Preparation of voluntary arrangements
  • Advice on administrative receiverships
  • Collective redundancies
  • Advice during liquidation
  • Recognition and enforcement of court decisions issued in foreign insolvency proceedings
  • Structuring of investments in distressed debt and liabilities of insolvent companies

Credit protection

  • Challenge and recognition of credits
  • Protection of creditors’ rights
  • Enforcement of guarantees
  • Enforcement and recognition of foreign credits and guarantees in Spanish and Portuguese insolvency proceedings

Contact Lawyers

Rafael Sebastián Quetglas

Rafael Sebastián
Partner since 1991. Madrid office
rsq@uria.com / +34915860430
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Eduardo Trigo Sierra

Eduardo Trigo
Partner since 1999. Madrid office
eduardo.trigo@uria.com / +34915864525
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Ángel Alonso Hernández

Ángel Alonso
Partner since 2009. Madrid office
angel.alonso@uria.com / +34915860432
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Sergio Sánchez Gimeno

Sergio Sánchez
Partner since 2011. Valencia office
sergio.sanchez@uria.com / +34963531772
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Raimon Tagliavini Sansa

Raimon Tagliavini
Partner since 2012. Barcelona office
raimon.tagliavini@uria.com / +34934165528
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