When standard advice isn't enough.
We provide integrated legal advice to companies, creditors, debtors and investors in situations where financing, restructuring and crisis management meet. In a single mandate, our team combines what other firms split across three specialisms.
What we do
Preventive restructuring
Restructuring plans and moratoria under the Czech Preventive Restructuring Act, before insolvency sets in.
Insolvency & reorganisation
Representing debtors, creditors and investors in insolvency proceedings; preparing reorganisation plans.
Distressed M&A
Acquisitions of distressed assets and stakes, cross-border transactions, due diligence in crisis situations.
Debt finance
Syndicated loans, DIP financing, acquisition and project finance, loan restructuring.
Litigation & enforcement
Insolvency disputes, debt recovery, directors' liability.
Crisis advisory
On-call legal support for management and the board when insolvency looms and in crisis scenarios.
When clients need us
- A company is facing illiquidity or over-indebtedness
- A creditor needs to recover a claim in insolvency
- An investor wants to buy a distressed company or assets
- A bank is restructuring a non-performing loan
- Management faces personal liability arising from insolvency
- A company needs preventive restructuring before it's too late
Who we work for
- Corporate debtors and their boards
- Banks and alternative lenders
- Private equity and distressed funds
- Restructuring investors and buyers of distressed assets
- Creditor committees and claims administrators
Why Ambit
Restructuring, insolvency, finance and distressed M&A in one team
The only law firm in the Czech Republic that genuinely handles restructuring, debt finance and distressed transactions under one roof.
15+ years of high-profile CEE transactions
A team led by a partner with first-hand experience of landmark debt finance deals and insolvencies in the Czech Republic and CEE, built at leading international firms.
Discretion in sensitive situations
Restructuring and distressed mandates usually demand absolute confidentiality. We work in a small senior team on a need-to-know basis—no army of juniors with access to every document.
Boutique speed, international-firm quality
We respond within 24 hours, a senior team works the mandate from day one, and our fees carry none of a large firm's overhead.
AI-augmented legal delivery
As the first special situations law firm in the Czech Republic to do so, we systematically deploy AI in due diligence, documentation and monitoring—faster, more accurate and at lower cost.
One team for the whole situation
Whether it's rescuing a company, restructuring debt, selling assets or recovering a claim, the client doesn't call three different firms. They call us.
Your partner
Jaroslav Schwarz
Partner, Head of the Special Situations Team
Jaroslav Schwarz is Partner and Head of the Special Situations team at Ambit. With more than 15 years of experience in debt financing, insolvencies, and restructurings, Jaroslav has been instrumental in transactions valued at billions of euros across the CEE region and numerous landmark insolvency proceedings.
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