Restructuring & Insolvency

Pestalozzi’s Restructuring and Insolvency team offers clients strategic guidance and robust representation in complex restructuring and insolvency matters. Our team combines in-depth knowledge of Swiss and cross-border insolvency law with a practical approach to safeguarding clients' interests and achieving effective recovery solutions across all stages of proceedings.

We have represented parties in major bankruptcy and composition proceedings in Switzerland. Services have included protective briefs, claims registration, actions against the schedule of claims, complaints before the supervisory authorities, claw-back actions (avoidance actions) against various beneficiaries of voidable transactions as well as directors' liability cases on behalf of administrators and/or creditors.

Our Services

• Cross-border issues before Swiss courts in bankruptcy-related litigation involving the coordination of civil and criminal proceedings.
• Obtaining recognition of foreign bankruptcies in Switzerland, thus allowing foreign administrators to act on Swiss soil and recover significant assets of foreign bankrupt debtors (mini-bankruptcy/ancillary bankruptcy), as well as bankruptcy-related criminal proceedings. In multi-jurisdictional cases, we work together with other law firms to ensure the client's success in all jurisdictions involved. These cases require special skills to coordinate the parallel proceedings and keep track of the peculiarities of the jurisdictions involved.
• Sitting on bankruptcy bodies to supervise the work of the bankruptcy administration in the interest of major creditors.
• Conducting large-scale asset recovery actions for our clients.