Restructuring
Why PwC Legal Ukraine?
- The PwC Legal global network allows our clients to benefit from the unified service standards in more than 80 countries through a single point of contact. Our unique relationship with legal and tax specialists, auditors, business consultants and other service providers within the global PwC network allows our clients to benefit from a truly comprehensive and multifaceted approach to solving their problems.
- In our Debt Restructuring practice, we provide our Clients with cutting-edge solutions via having unique access to the best international practice. Since many of such instruments are still new to Ukraine, we are perfectly placed to adjust them to the local specifics with maintenance of key benefits.
- Our team consists of experienced attorneys, being socially responsible and adhering to the highest professional and ethical standards.
Clients
The PwC Legal practice has extensive experience advising distressed businesses, creditors and managements on local and multi-jurisdictional debt settlements and restructuring. During recent years, we successfully implemented a number of instruments (debt-into-equity conversion, creation of special business vehicles dealing with distressed assets), which were unique for Ukraine. Some options are cashless (do not require additional financing), however provide significant improvement of financial KPIs.
Scope of Services
- Financial restructuring
- Financial recovery (pre-trial sanation)
- Settlements of debts
- Disposal of distressed assets
Financial restructuring
- Health-check to identify eligibility for financial restructuring
- Advice on instruments to be used in financial restructuring
- Drafting plan of financial restructuring
- Representing creditors during the procedure or facilitating the process on behalf of debtors
Financial recovery (pre-trial sanation)
- Health-check to identify eligibility for financial recovery
- Advice on strategy for settlement of creditors’ claims
- Drafting financial recovery plan
- Representing creditors or debtors during the procedure
Settlements of debts
- Advice on options for debt settlement
- Debt-into-equity conversion
- Support with implementing other options (trade payable conversion, attraction of funds for settlement, debt forgiveness, etc.)
Disposal of distressed assets
- Due diligence of distressed assets portfolio
- Implementation of investment strategy into distressed assets:
- Set up of SPVs (Bad bank, factoring entity, etc.)
- Support with transfer of assets (assignment, factoring, etc.)
Selective Experience
Comprehensive advice on options for dealing with distressed assets, covering both on-shore and off-shore structures
Advice on conversion of trade receivables into equity and assistance in its implementation. These services allowed the Client to deal with outstanding intragroup debt in tax efficient manner and improve its financial position
Development of “bad bank” concept for dealing with distressed assets
Advice on conversion of loan receivables into equity and assistance in its implementation. These services allowed the Client to deal with outstanding debt in tax efficient manner and improve its financial position.
Contact us
Managing Partner, Attorneys Association "PwC Legal in Ukraine"
Tel: +380 44 354 0404
