Information Asymmetries in creditors’ restructuring plans
What innovation does Directive 2019/1023 introduce for creditors and how is it reflected in the text of the Law? With the transposition of the Directive 2019/1023 by Spanish Law 16/2022, which amends the Consolidated Text of the Bankruptcy Law (hereinafter, TRLC), creditors have the possibility to take the initiative in a restructuring scenario requesting the […]
La Ley features our Managing Partner Davinia Sánchez on the main court rulings of the new Insolvency Law
Our Managing Partner, Davinia Sánchez De la Cruz, expert lawyer in restructuring and insolvency at Kepler—Karst and a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Commission at WLW | Women in a Legal World, participates with some of her colleagues on an analysis of the main judicial resolutions issued during the first year of the new […]
Kepler-Karst in the top 100 law firms of the Global Restructuring Review (GRR) ranking!
Kepler-Karst has been ranked among the top 100 law firms in the Global Restructuring Review (GRR) ranking!
Kepler-Karst recognized by the Legal 500 ranking in Restructuring and Insolvency
The Legal 500 has recognized Kepler-Karst as one of the leading firms in Restructuring and Insolvency in Spain. The prestigious international directory lists us as one of the “Firms to Watch”, and states that we have “extensive experience in the management of complex insolvency proceedings”, advising creditors and debtors, as well as acting as insolvency […]
Success story: Judgment in favor of Petersen Companies in breach of contract claim against Argentina
Our Special Situations and Insolvency and Restructuring teams have won a summary judgment in favor of the Petersen companies due to the breach of contract by the Republic of Argentina, resulting from the expropriation of Repsol’s shares in YPF—the Argentine national oil company—in a trial in New York. The Kepler-Karst team involved in this matter […]
Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal for Reuters on Ghana’s debt restructuring plans
Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Of Counsel at Kepler-Karst and Professor of Banking and Finance Law at Queen Mary University of London, commented for Reuters on Ghana’s debt restructuring plans as it faces a debt overhaul. Regarding the $400 million guarantee offered by the World Bank to Ghana to provide extra security if the country failed to pay investors, […]
Our Experience as Insolvency Experts
Kepler-Karst’s professionals have extensive experience as insolvency practitioners in different provinces of the country, having managed more than 200 insolvency proceedings. These are some of the most important cases in which the team has been involved: Petersen Energía S.A.; Petersen Energía Inversora S.A. We are the insolvency trustees of the Petersen companies. Complex transnational process […]
Contractual default, credit event and credit rating default, Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal explains the difference
“A contractual default, a credit event and a credit rating default are three different albeit related concepts,” said our Of Counsel Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, expert in debt restructuring and sovereign debt, in an article published by Reuters, in which he comments on Ukraine’s debt crisis. In a distress situation, it is important to distinguish among them. […]
Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal on Ukraine’s debt crisis
Ukraine has proposed to defer payments on its international bonds for 24 months to avoid default. The country’s creditors vote this week on this government proposal to decide whether to back it or vote it down. Our Of Counsel Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, expert in expert in debt restructuring, comments on this proposal for Reuters. Rodrigo explains […]
Kepler-Karst, a Leading Restructuring and Insolvency Law Firm Specializing in Complex Matters, Advises Room Mate on Restructuring and Sale
PRESS RELEASE The pre-packaged sale and reorganization of Room Mate, S.A. was approved in less than a month within the framework of a reorganization tool under the Spanish bankruptcy act. Madrid, Spain | July 28, 2022. Kepler-Karst (the “Firm”), a leading law firm specializing in restructuring and insolvency proceedings, has advised Room Mate, […]
