Corporate Restructuring
Service overview: Corporate restructuring solicitors
- Corporate restructuring is an option for businesses during times of economic or market fluctuation, including in the face of mounting debt, poor business performance or for the purposes of tax efficiency.
- Restructuring requires considerable expertise on a wide range of disciplines – business, financial and legal knowledge is essential to make sure all conditions have been assessed in deciding the optimal way forward.
- Our team of experienced corporate restructuring solicitors partner with alongside specialist insolvency firms to provide top-of-the-line strategic guidance and legal expertise to any business that is looking to restructure.
- Our offices are in Sheffield, Birmingham, Cambridge and London, but our lawyers work remotely, so for face-to-face meetings we can work flexibly around you.
What we do: Corporate restructuring legal services
Our corporate restructuring solicitors work with you and with our insolvency specialist partners to provide a comprehensive range of restructuring support services which can play a pivotal role in turning around the fortunes of any company struggling with debt or performance concerns. By providing the guidance and insight that comes from working with expert lawyers, we can support your business through this complex and sensitive process.
As a full-service law firm, in addition to their own specialist advice our team can also call upon the knowledge of our other legal specialists across banking and finance, employment law and commercial law to provide you with informed and considered expertise for a seamless and holistic solution.
Working closely with our specialist insolvency partners, we can advise and represent any company or business stakeholder seeking advice on:
- Advising and representing distressed companies
- Bankruptcy litigation and enforcement
- Capital reduction
- Cash management and generation
- Company administration
- Company restructuring strategies (including company reorganisation, dilution of share capital, or de-mergers)
- Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Company contract review
- Customer or supplier insolvency
- Debt refinancing
- Debt and asset tracing
- Distressed debt trading
- Divestment
- Enhancement of security
- Impaired loans
- Insolvency procedures
- Insolvency litigation and enforcement
- Liquidation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Rescue planning
- Restructuring structured and leveraged finance
In addition to directly helping with pressing issues, we will help to determine the optimal strategy for restructuring or insolvency. In cases of contentious matters, we will recommend an approach which balances risk, costs, time and reputation.
As trusted, friendly lawyers, our team will take the time to listen to your concerns and business objectives, putting together a number of options and drafting a strategic restructuring plan which meets your goals. At all stages throughout the resolution, we will provide expert legal support and guidance in a clear and objective manner.
Don’t forget to check the corporate area of our advice centre for more information, including: What happens to the assets of a dissolved company? and Who gets paid first in insolvency?
Who we help: Companies seeking support
As debt restructuring lawyers, our clients include:
- Corporate entities
- Lending institutions, including banks and asset-based lenders
- Insolvency specialists
- Pension schemes
We are able to work with all business stakeholders, including senior executives, directors and boards, shareholders, lenders, debt and equity investors, banking and finance companies, finance professionals, and accountants.
Why choose us? Our corporate restructuring solicitors’ expertise
Our team of corporate restructuring solicitors have all been recruited from top 100 law firms or large international businesses. Find out more about the lawyers who can help you:
Pricing plans
Our three transparent pricing packages are designed to give you the widest possible access to high-quality legal advice, whatever the size and nature of your business:
City
Straightforward access to senior solicitors at a competitive rate.
An affordable solution for businesses needing one-off legal support. Receive ‘City’ partner-level expertise at a fraction of ‘City’ prices.
Enterprise
Have legal peace of mind for £189 per month with additional support from £99 per hour.
A monthly subscription legal support package specifically designed for start-ups and smaller businesses.
On-Demand
For businesses requiring 60+ hours of support a year, with prices equivalent to £99 per hour.
Fully account managed quarterly subscription service for businesses with more complex legal needs.
What our clients say
We pride ourselves on delivering an excellent service for clients, but don’t just take our word for it.
Our solicitor managed to balance a tricky restructuring with lots of moving parts to create a simple solution that has passed muster with our stakeholders!

We rely on Harper James to provide us with support across a full range of service areas, from commercial contracts and employment issues to fundraisings and investments. The team at Harper James are always available to provide us with cost effective, pragmatic and commercially focused advice.

Over the years Harper James have helped us navigate complex legal issues and red tape, providing distilled options and legal consultancy that far exceeds the service levels we’ve previously experienced from more traditional law firms. The team act like our own in-house counsel so, regardless of which lawyer we work with, we feel supported and that they truly have our best interests at heart.

Harper James are our trusted legal adviser and having them by our side at key moments in our business growth, knowing we are protected, is immensely reassuring.
