In an economic and legal environment characterized by constant change, you need an experienced partner who can guide you through the relevant laws, regulations and policies to achieve successful commercial outcomes for your business.

Dentons’ restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy lawyers understand the issues you face. We regularly act for debtors, senior lenders, bondholders, insolvency practitioners, private equity firms, distressed investors and loan-to-own buyers in emerging and developed markets. We view your transactional as well as adversarial matters from all angles.

Dentons lawyers can advise you on the local legal framework and guide you on how best to protect your interests by identifying those jurisdictions and laws that are most suited to your needs.

Our global presence means you have access to over 300 restructuring insolvency and bankruptcy lawyers around the world ensuring you are delivered a consistent and seamless service on cross-border matters. Extensive knowledge sharing amongst our lawyers worldwide means we keep you one step ahead of important industry changes.

Trust Dentons to deliver you practical, business-minded and cost effective advice, including:

• Loan restructuring and refinancing
• Creditor advisory services
• Corporate restructuring
• Distressed and insolvency-related M&A
• Center of main interest (COMI) shifting
• Insolvency litigation
• Protective shield proceedings
• Restructuring/insolvency plan proceedings
• Advice to managing directors on their duties in relation to potential insolvencies

Recognition

Chambers Germany 2025: Dentons consolidates its ranking position

February 20, 2025

The inaugural edition of the Chambers Germany guide has recognized 14 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their respective fields. Additionally, Dentons’ teams across Germany received practice and sector rankings in nine areas.

Dentons ranks among top law firms in Slovakia

November 26, 2024

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest law firm by revenue, the third largest international law firm by headcount, and the sixth largest law firm in the Slovak market overall.

Dentons ranks among the top law firms in Slovakia

November 29, 2023

The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia's leading English-language newspaper, has ranked Dentons' Bratislava office as the second largest international law firm in terms of both lawyer headcount and revenue, and the fifth largest law firm overall in the Slovak market.

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Insights

Dentons Prague Newsletter - Preventive restructuring is coming. Will it rewrite the rules of the game between a debtor and creditors? (Czech)

September 5, 2023

Czech Republic: The long-awaited bill on preventive restructuring will come into force in the coming days. It will offer businesses new tools to address their financial difficulties at an early stage and to avoid insolvency.

Indexation of public contracts in Poland

August 2, 2023

Poland: In a dynamically changing world, parties to public contracts face new challenges and difficulties. Market disruptions, inflationary phenomena, increases in energy, materials and services prices are just some of those obstacles. Their impact on the obsolescence of assumptions and estimates adopted when submitting tender bids requires multidimensional analyses. A significant increase in the cost of implementing public contracts means that dialogue involving indexed pay and other contractual adaptations is increasingly necessary.

Insolvency Register now live in Luxembourg

April 24, 2023

Luxembourg: In line with EU regulation, Luxembourg has finally passed an amendment resulting in the creation of an insolvency register, active since 10 February, 2023. The change will affect Luxembourg companies declared insolvent and is intended to improve searches of insolvency registers throughout the EU.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises promissory note creditors of automotive supplier Huf on completion of restructuring

May 16, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised the promissory note holders of automotive supplier Huf on the successful completion of the company's restructuring.

Dentons advises DF Deutsche Forfait on entry into blood plasma business

May 14, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised DF Deutsche Forfait AG, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, on a purchase agreement for the assets of the insolvent Ruhr-Plasma-Zentrum Bochum GmbH.

Dentons advises hubergroup’s promissory note creditors on full repayment of promissory notes

April 11, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised hubergroup’s promissory note creditors on the full repayment of the company’s promissory notes.

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