Conyers is a leading international law firm with a broad client base including FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, international finance houses and asset managers. The Firm advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands laws, from offices in those jurisdictions and in the key financial centres of London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our focus is on delivering first-class service and successful business outcomes to our clients.
A powerhouse in the offshore jurisdictions, Conyers’ highly-skilled insolvency and restructuring team advises on complex and cross-border matters. Our experienced partner led teams work closely with clients and onshore advisors to provide strategic analysis in distressed situations and provide innovative ways of restructuring and refinancing entities in advance of any formal insolvency. Our understanding of commercial drivers and unique industry complexities results in the most efficient strategy, whether that is a tried-and-tested approach or an innovative solution for a special situation.
Post insolvency, we regularly work with both creditors and office holders to ensure that the client obtains the best possible returns in any insolvency situation.
Our team has experience of a variety of litigation in and around insolvency situations before the local first instance Courts, Courts of Appeal and Privy Council and we regularly provide assistance to onshore firms with their corporate fraud and asset tracing claims matters.
We have particular expertise in shareholder and creditor schemes of arrangements for both solvent and insolvent companies and have been involved in many of the biggest corporate restructurings of debt and equity in the offshore world.
We provide a full suite of transaction and advisory services including:
• Debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and distressed financing
• Solvent and insolvent schemes of arrangement
• Merger and amalgamations of companies
• Continuance and discontinuance of companies
• Winding-up, insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings
• Receiverships
• Corporate reorganisations
• Recognition and assistance proceedings (including under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, section 426 of the UK’s Insolvency Act 1986, the UK’s Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 and at common law)
• Voluntary, compulsory and official liquidations
• D&O liabilities & indemnities and D&O insurance advice
• Capital reductions
Distressed companies seeking corporate turnaround solutions will benefit from the Conyers Corporate Recovery Group: a global, multi-faceted team with senior attorneys and other experts who help with all aspects of corporate recovery and restructuring, including:
• Corporate attorneys with experience in negotiating and drafting restructuring support agreements, amended or supplemental indentures, explanatory memoranda and other scheme of arrangement and compromise documentation;
• Finance attorneys to put in place interim or long-term financing arrangements and security for your business, including debtor-in-possession financing options;
• Fiduciary professionals ready to assist with a wide range of registered agent, registered office, director and secretarial services, as well as specialized company trust, management, compliance and governance services;
• Regulatory attorneys to advise on all potential regulatory filings and compliance requirements, both contentious and non-contentious;
and
• Litigation attorneys with market-leading expertise in courtroom advocacy, court filings and procedures, strategy, urgent court protection and office-holder appointments in connection with promoting a restructuring process.
Our market-leading team will help you navigate immediate challenges, and work with you on a plan to maximize value and find a sustainable long-term solution.
Recognising that insolvencies can often span the globe, in addition to our jurisdiction-based teams, our Asia Disputes & Restructuring Group (“ADRG”) ensures clients have access to fully coordinated litigation advice and services provided by a seamless and comprehensive team across jurisdictions and time zones.
Address
2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
Telephone
+1 (441) 295 1422
Email
bermuda@conyers.com
Website
http://www.conyers.com
Christian R. Luthi,
Director and Chairman, Head of Bermuda Litigation & Restructuring,
Bermuda
christian.luthi@conyers.com
+1 441 298 7814
Mark J. Forte,
Partner, Head of BVI Litigation & Restructuring and Office,
British Virgin Islands
mark.forte@conyers.com
+1 284 852 1113
Erik Bodden
Partner, Co-Head of Cayman
Islands Litigation & Restructuring,
Cayman Islands
erik.bodden@conyers.com
+1 345 814 7754
Jonathon Milne
Partner, Co-Head of Cayman
Islands Litigation & Restructuring,
Cayman Islands
Jonathon.milne@conyers.com
+1 345 814 7797
Mark Yeadon
Partner, Head of Hong Kong
Disputes & Restructuring, Hong Kong
mark.yeadon@conyers.com
+852 2842 9553