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Corporate Restructuring
Strategic Solutions for Complex Business Challenges pursuant to U.S. Bankruptcy Codes and Securities Laws.
SJKP LLP provides forward-thinking legal counsel to guide companies, creditors, and investors through financial uncertainty. Whether in early-stage distress or large-scale cross-border insolvency, we help clients make informed decisions, reduce risk, and preserve value. Our approach combines legal expertise with commercial awareness, allowing stakeholders to achieve practical outcomes even in periods of significant financial pressure.
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1. Restructuring for the Real World: Practical, Custom-Fit Counsel
Every restructuring is unique. We tailor each strategy to your business’s realities—whether you are seeking an alternative to bankruptcy or navigating formal proceedings. With deep insight into financial systems and business operations, we translate legal complexity into clear, actionable paths forward. Our team emphasizes flexibility and practicality, ensuring that legal frameworks support long-term recovery rather than short-term fixes.
Restructuring Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Early Intervention
Identifying distress early is key. We help clients explore refinancing options, conduct contingency planning, and negotiate standstill or forbearance agreements to buy time and avoid unnecessary litigation. Beyond that, we assess potential risks to liquidity, review operational structures, and recommend governance adjustments to stabilize performance. This proactive intervention often allows companies to restore investor confidence before court proceedings become unavoidable.
Restructuring Comprehensive Guidance in Formal Insolvency
When court processes are inevitable, we deliver confident representation across Chapter 11, cross-border insolvency, and restructuring recognition proceedings. Our coordination across jurisdictions ensures consistency and speed. We also advise on debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, claims administration, and creditor negotiations, ensuring that clients preserve enterprise value while meeting statutory obligations.
2. Restructuring Stakeholder Representation at the Table
We advise not only distressed businesses but also stakeholders with diverse priorities: lenders, bondholders, directors, acquirers, fund managers, and official committees. Our role is to build alignment where interests diverge—and to protect rights where disputes arise. By bringing transparency and structure to negotiations, we reduce the likelihood of costly stalemates and litigation.
Restructuring Protection for Lenders and Creditors
We act on behalf of both secured and unsecured creditors, ensuring their claims are preserved and maximized. Our team frequently advises ad hoc and official committees in workouts, enforcement, and claims negotiation. We also help creditors develop restructuring proposals, evaluate debtor recovery plans, and pursue remedies that safeguard repayment prospects.
Restructuring Director and Officer Risk Mitigation
We counsel boards and management on fiduciary duties, governance liability, and personal exposure during distress. Our goal is to help leadership steer their companies confidently and compliantly through transformation. This includes reviewing board resolutions, preparing disclosure materials, and advising on restructuring decisions that balance business survival with regulatory compliance.
3. Sector-Driven Restructuring Experience
Our bankruptcy lawyers bring unmatched depth across key industries—from aviation and real estate to energy, retail, and fintech. We align legal strategies with commercial realities to ensure outcomes that support recovery and long-term stability. By combining industry knowledge with technical expertise, we deliver restructuring plans that resonate with both creditors and regulators.
Retail and Hospitality Turnarounds
We help consumer-facing businesses handle supplier pressure, lease terminations, and employee cost adjustments—while protecting their brand equity and market footprint. Our strategies include renegotiating vendor contracts, restructuring labor costs, and preserving customer loyalty through carefully managed restructuring processes.
Energy and Infrastructure Recovery Planning
For capital-intensive industries facing price shocks or regulatory upheaval, we offer creative restructuring models and coordinate with regulators and investors alike. We assist with debt restructuring, asset divestitures, and long-term sustainability planning, ensuring that companies emerge from distress positioned for renewed growth.
4. Global Reach with Local Precision
Operating from major U.S. and global financial centers, SJKP LLP connects jurisdiction-specific insights with global execution capabilities. We manage multijurisdictional restructurings with clarity and consistency. Our integrated platform allows us to anticipate local regulatory challenges while coordinating cross-border solutions seamlessly.
Integrated Cross-Border Management
We lead coordinated efforts across jurisdictions, aligning restructuring plans with differing insolvency regimes and legal traditions. This ensures that multinational stakeholders receive consistent representation and that transactions progress without unnecessary delays.
Collaborating with Key Financial Stakeholders
From private equity to insolvency administrators, we maintain trusted relationships with decision-makers to streamline the process and resolve conflicts swiftly. We bring together multiple parties at the negotiation table, foster alignment through transparent communication, and push for resolutions that protect enterprise value while respecting individual stakeholder rights.
The information provided in this article is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Reading or relying on the contents of this article does not create an attorney-client relationship with our firm. For advice regarding your specific situation, please consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.
