Insolvency Recovery of Businesses and Natural Persons

Pre-insolvency stage

• Evaluation of the business and debt profile of companies in a state of pre-insolvency;
• Analysis of the business, contractual, tax and criminal implications;
• Analysis of the cross-border implications of each process in the case of international insolvency;
• Protection of directors’ or managers’ assets; Preventive planning, restructuring of matrimonial regime and family property;
• Preparation and launch of the insolvency process.

Insolvency stage

• Monitoring of court insolvency procedures;
• Defending creditors’ rights;
• Claiming and challenging credits;
• Enforcement of guarantees;
• Representation of clients at creditor meetings;
• Monitoring of administrative receiver activity;
• Advice at liquidation stage;
• Monitoring of incidents concerning the classification of insolvency as wrongful or incidental;
• Recognition and enforcement of court decisions in foreign insolvency proceedings;
• Investment in insolvent assets or liabilities;
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign credits and guarantees in Portuguese insolvency proceedings;
• Monitoring of criminal proceedings owing to wrongful acts of management.

Individual Insolvency (or of natural persons)

• Preparation and launch of insolvency proceedings;
• Analysis of contractual, tax and criminal implications;
• Protection of family assets;
• Preventive planning, restructuring of marital agreements and family property;
• Monitoring of court insolvency proceedings;
• Monitoring of criminal proceedings arising from the debtor’s insolvency;
• Request for cancellation of existing liabilities.