Restructuring & Insolvency

At Amicus Legal, our dedicated team of lawyers has extensive experience in restructuring, having successfully navigated numerous complex transactions in India. Our proactive advice has consistently helped optimize outcomes for creditors and shareholders, establishing us as a trusted partner. We provide detailed, comprehensive solutions that tackle a wide range of challenges faced by underperforming or distressed companies in both the private and public sectors.  We combine our expertise in dispute resolution, finance, and corporate law to offer seamless legal services to our clients. Our clients recognize us for our thorough investigative approach and pragmatic strategies in litigation and asset recovery.

What We do :- 

  • Our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice
  • Formal Restructuring
    We provide comprehensive advice and support for restructuring through formal court or tribunal processes. This includes developing strategies aligned with the current legal, regulatory, and policy framework, preparing schemes, and offering legal representation in various forums. We also advise on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, addressing the restructuring and insolvency processes it outlines. Our services include structuring legal and regulatory options, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, and finalizing applications, petitions, and resolutions.
  • Informal Restructuring
    Our team offers guidance on informal restructuring driven by lenders within the Reserve Bank of India’s regulatory framework. This encompasses Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR), Joint Lenders Forum (JLF), Strategic Debt Restructuring (SDR), and the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Assets (S4A). We assist in drafting, negotiating, and finalizing restructuring plans and transaction documents, including Master Restructuring Agreements, Debtor Creditor Agreements, and Inter-Creditor Agreements.
  • Exit Strategy
    We advise and assist in structuring and executing exit strategies for investors from stressed assets, including options like strategic sales, demergers, slump sales, and auctions. Our services also include crafting and finalizing relevant transaction documents for divestment.
  • Advice to Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
    We provide guidance to directors and key managerial personnel regarding their responsibilities and obligations during restructuring and both formal and informal insolvency processes.
  • Enforcement of Security
    Our team offers advice on enforcing security mechanisms available to lenders, including provisions under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993, the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. We develop strategies and provide advice on various enforcement actions tailored to client needs.
  • Liquidation
    We assist clients with the liquidation processes available to debtors under applicable laws, including the Companies Act, 2013, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
  • Dispute Resolution
    Our team represents clients before courts, tribunals, and various judicial and quasi-judicial authorities. We advise on formulating and structuring strategies for litigation and dispute resolution, including the drafting, negotiating, and finalizing of necessary documents for applications, petitions, settlements, and compromises.