Business Legal Services
Corporate Restructuring
Service overview: Corporate restructuring solicitors
- Corporate restructuring is an option for businesses during times of economic or market fluctuation, including in the face of mounting debt, poor business performance or for the purposes of tax efficiency.
- Restructuring requires considerable expertise on a wide range of disciplines – business, financial and legal knowledge is essential to make sure all conditions have been assessed in deciding the optimal way forward.
- Our team of experienced corporate restructuring solicitors partner with alongside specialist insolvency firms to provide top-of-the-line strategic guidance and legal expertise to any business that is looking to restructure.
- Our offices are in Sheffield, Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, Cambridge, London, Southampton and Cardiff but our lawyers work remotely, so for face-to-face meetings we can work flexibly around you.
Experts in corporate restructuring
Our team can assist you across all areas of corporate restructuring, as well as other areas of corporate law, including:
What we do: Corporate restructuring legal services
Our corporate restructuring solicitors work with you and with our insolvency specialist partners to provide a comprehensive range of restructuring support services which can play a pivotal role in turning around the fortunes of any company struggling with debt or performance concerns. By providing the guidance and insight that comes from working with expert lawyers, we can support your business through this complex and sensitive process.
As a full-service law firm, in addition to their own specialist advice our team can also call upon the knowledge of our other legal specialists across banking and finance, employment law and commercial law to provide you with informed and considered expertise for a seamless and holistic solution.
Working closely with our specialist insolvency partners, we can advise and represent any company or business stakeholder seeking advice on:
- Advising and representing distressed companies
- Bankruptcy litigation and enforcement
- Capital reduction
- Cash management and generation
- Company administration
- Company restructuring strategies (including company reorganisation, dilution of share capital, or de-mergers)
- Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Company contract review
- Customer or supplier insolvency
- Debt refinancing
- Debt and asset tracing
- Demergers
- Distressed debt trading
- Divestment
- Enhancement of security
- Impaired loans
- Insolvency procedures
- Insolvency litigation and enforcement
- Liquidation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Rescue planning
- Restructuring structured and leveraged finance
In addition to directly helping with pressing issues, we will help to determine the optimal strategy for restructuring or insolvency. In cases of contentious matters, we will recommend an approach which balances risk, costs, time and reputation.
As trusted, friendly lawyers, our team will take the time to listen to your concerns and business objectives, putting together a number of options and drafting a strategic restructuring plan which meets your goals. At all stages throughout the resolution, we will provide expert legal support and guidance in a clear and objective manner.
Don’t forget to check the corporate area of our advice centre for more information, including: What happens to the assets of a dissolved company? and Who gets paid first in insolvency?
Who we help
As debt restructuring lawyers, our clients include:
- Corporate entities
- Lending institutions, including banks and asset-based lenders
- Insolvency specialists
- Pension schemes
We are able to work with all business stakeholders, including senior executives, directors and boards, shareholders, lenders, debt and equity investors, banking and finance companies, finance professionals, and accountants.
Finding the right legal partner
Why work with Harper James
Choose a legal partner you can trust: we’ll help protect your goals, your business and your people so you can move forward with confidence and focus on growing your business.
Affordable, transparent and predictable pricing
Clear itemised invoices, subscription plans with up to 50% discount, and fixed fee products help you plan and manage legal spend – with no nasty surprises.
Proven track record and measurable results
We’ve supported over 8,000 businesses since 2014, with an ‘Excellent’ rating on Trustpilot and a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 60+ from monthly client surveys.
Straight-talking, responsive advice
We’re here to make things easier, not add complexity. That means fast response times, practical expert legal advice delivered in plain English, and dedicated client service and account management support.
Risk and compliance assured
We’re an SRA regulated firm, but more importantly, we build quality, data, and compliance best practice into everything we do.
Appointing a legal partner is a big decision. That’s why we’re open about our values, culture and model, so you can see what makes us tick. And because a productive partnership starts with understanding, we always begin with a conversation – listening to your goals, pressures and plans, then tailoring our support to fit.
Testimonials
What our clients say
Why choose us? Our corporate restructuring solicitors’ expertise
Our team of corporate restructuring solicitors have all been recruited from top 100 law firms or large international businesses. Find out more about the lawyers who can help you:
Pricing and service plans
Legal support designed
to fit your business needs
Our three transparent service plans are designed to give you the widest possible access to high-quality legal advice, whatever the size and nature of your business:
Engage
Flexible access to senior solicitors at highly competitive rates
An alternative to our subscription plans, offering access to full service legal expertise on a project-by-project basis.
Enable
Purpose built legal support for start-ups and smaller businesses
Monthly subscription plan for £239 per month, with £159 monthly credit and access to all legal services at 50% discount on our Standard Rates.
Extend
Comprehensive legal partnership for established businesses
Fully account managed and scalable annual subscription plan with support from a curated team of partners and senior solicitors, with up to 33% discount on our Standard Rates.
