Financial Restructuring

Akin’s financial restructuring practice is widely recognized as a restructuring powerhouse. Our team has more than 100 lawyers dedicated to distressed situations in the key global financial centers in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Companies, ad hoc groups, official and informal creditors’ committees and institutional investors seek our counsel for their most sensitive and complex restructuring, liability management and special situations matters, trusting our international and integrated platform to manage every facet and issue that may arise, no matter how many borders it may cross.

We have a deep bench of the market’s most esteemed practitioners for out-of-court and in-court restructurings, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, private credit and direct lending transactions, complex commercial litigation and corporate governance matters, who work alongside lawyers with significant experience in regulatory, tax, labor and employment, real estate, intellectual property, environmental and trade law, among other specialties.  

Representative Matters

United States Cineworld Diamond Sports Group Frontier Communications GTT Communications iHeartMedia Intelsat Pacific Gas & Electric Purdue Pharma Rite Aid Sears SVB Financial Group  Yellow Corporation

Europe/Asia Adler Group Cineworld Digicel Fortenova GenesisCare ED&F Man Intu Metrocentre Noble Group Nordic Aviation Capital Nostrum Premier Oil (now called Harbour Energy) Seadrill (now called Paratus Energy)

United States

By any measure, we have one of the premier restructuring law firms in the United States. Our restructuring practice is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Tier 1 by The Legal 500, with 10 Chambers-ranked partners and seven individual partners in The Legal 500.

Our lawyers have played a central role in the largest, most complex restructurings in U.S. history. We have a strong track record of advising companies, official and informal creditors’ committees, ad hoc groups, institutional investors, lenders and boards of directors in formal in-court and out-of-court restructurings, financings and distressed and special situations transactions.

Learn more about our U.S. financial restructuring services and representative work.

Europe

Our London-based European restructuring group is a core component of our wider global financial restructuring practice. The group is consistently ranked as amongst the best by The Times, Band 1 by Chambers UK, Tier 1 by The Legal 500 UK and Restructuring Team of the Year by the Legal Business Awards. The team has played a leading role advising creditors on many of the largest and most complex cross-border restructurings in the market.

Learn more about our European financial restructuring services and representative work.

Asia

Our Asian financial restructuring and special situations practice is anchored in our Hong Kong office and forms an integral part of the wider global financial restructuring and special situations team.

Learn more about our Asia financial restructuring and special situations services and representative work.