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Insolvency & Restructuring: Solutions for Companies in Financial Distress

Insolvency proceedings, second chance law, debt restructuring and creditor negotiations. Protect your assets and your business.

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Practice areas

Insolvency & Restructuring

Insolvency proceedings, fresh start, micro-enterprise procedure and dissolution.

9,000+ Insolvency proceedings in Spain in 2024 (+22% year-on-year)

Insolvency Proceedings

Insolvency proceedings and business restructuring

85% Average debt discharged in completed proceedings

Fresh Start (Second Chance)

Debt discharge for self-employed and individuals

3–6 months Average resolution timeline vs. 12–24 months for ordinary insolvency proceedings

Micro-Enterprise Procedure

Digital insolvency for businesses under 10 employees

3 months Judicial protection shield against enforcement actions and involuntary insolvency petitions

Pre-Insolvency Filing (Art. 583)

3-month judicial shield to negotiate with creditors

30-50% Average debt reduction in negotiated restructuring plans

Corporate Debt Restructuring

TRLC plans to avoid formal insolvency proceedings

Weeks Duration of express insolvency vs 12-24 months of ordinary proceedings

Express / No-Asset Insolvency

Fast-track closure for no-asset companies, BEPI pathway

Art. 65 LGT Legal basis for tax deferral in Spain

Public Debt Negotiation (AEAT/TGSS)

AEAT and TGSS deferrals, instalments and agreements

75%+ Recovery rate at amicable stage

Dispute Resolution & Recovery

Debt recovery, enforcement and dispute resolution

200+ Dissolutions managed from initiation through to Mercantile Registry registration

Dissolution & Liquidation

Dissolution, liquidation and registry closure

Arts. 442–456 TRLC — legal framework for culpable and fortuitous insolvency classification

Insolvency Qualification

Arts. 317-341 TRLC — legal framework for the insolvency agreement in Spain

Insolvency Agreement (Convenio)

Arts. 226–239 TRLC — legal framework for insolvency rescission of prejudicial acts

Insolvency Rescission

Art. 639 TRLC — statutory basis for cram-down and judicial approval in Spain

Judicial Approval of Restructuring Plan

4-8 months Judicial protection period (protective shield) against enforcement proceedings

Restructuring Plan (Insolvency Law)

BMC’s insolvency practice advises companies, self-employed individuals, and investors in financial distress, restructuring, and insolvency proceedings. Our goal is always the same: intervene when real options still exist, preserve the business, and limit personal liability.

Pre-insolvency restructuring

When insolvency is still imminent, the TRLC provides instruments to avoid formal proceedings:

  • Pre-insolvency proceedings: Court notification to activate the judicial shield against individual enforcement actions during the negotiation period.
  • Debt restructuring: Class-by-class creditor negotiation with haircut, standstill, and operational restructuring, with judicial homologation binding on dissenters.
  • Judicial restructuring plan: Homologation application before the Mercantile Court for plans requiring binding effect on dissenting creditors.
  • Restructuring plan (Insolvency Law): Insolvency restructuring instruments for SMEs with significant liabilities and complex financial exposure.

Corporate insolvency and special procedures

  • Insolvency advisory: Full management of SME insolvency — from viability assessment to the composition proposal, collective redundancy, and classification stage.
  • SME micro-enterprise process: Digital simplified route for small companies: no insolvency administrator, agile processing, reduced cost.
  • Express insolvency: For companies with no assets sufficient to cover administration costs: immediate dissolution with simultaneous opening and closure.
  • Insolvency qualification: Defence at the classification stage to limit or avoid personal liability for directors and senior officers.
  • Insolvency agreement: Drafting and negotiation of the composition proposal with the creditor mass — the alternative to liquidation within the proceedings.
  • Insolvency rescission: Challenge of transactions prejudicial to the insolvency estate carried out in the suspect period before filing.

Second chance and public debt

  • Second chance law: Advisory for self-employed individuals and private persons on debt discharge, including public debt within the TRLC limits expanded by the Supreme Court in 2026.
  • Public debt negotiation: Instalment arrangements with tax authority and social security, inside and outside insolvency proceedings.

Debt recovery and dissolution

  • Debt recovery: Pre-litigation demand, payment order proceedings (Arts. 812–818 LEC), enforcement, and asset seizure for corporate creditors.
  • Company dissolution: Full processing of voluntary dissolution with tax, registry, and notarial coordination.

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Methodology

Our approach

Urgent diagnosis

Immediate assessment of the financial situation and available options.

Insolvency strategy

Defining the optimal path: pre-insolvency, out-of-court agreement or formal proceedings.

Case management

Full process management with creditor and court communication.

Resolution

Closing the proceedings with debt discharge or repayment plan.

Why choose us?

What sets us apart

Insolvency specialists

Team exclusively dedicated to insolvency law with extensive procedural experience.

Urgent response

Immediate response capability for imminent insolvency situations.

Holistic view

We coordinate the commercial, employment and tax dimensions of the restructuring process.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Directors have a legal obligation to file within two months of learning of actual insolvency. But the most valuable window is earlier: when insolvency is still imminent, the company can notify the court of the start of creditor negotiations and activate the judicial enforcement shield for up to six months — without declaring insolvency. Acting at that stage, before insolvency becomes actual, is the difference between having real options and facing forced liquidation.
It is a negotiated instrument between the company and its creditors that allows debt reduction (haircut) and timeline extension (standstill) without entering formal insolvency proceedings. If it obtains the required class-by-class majorities, the court can homologate the plan and make it binding even on dissenting creditors. It is radically less costly and disruptive than formal insolvency.
Directors can be held personally liable if they fail to file within the two-month deadline, if they continue generating debt during the insolvency period, or if their conduct causes the insolvency to be classified as culpable. Solidary liability under s.367 LSC activates two months after the cause of dissolution if they do not convene a general meeting. Documented, timely action is the best defence.
It allows natural persons — self-employed and private individuals — to discharge debts following an insolvency process, provided they meet good-faith requirements (no fraud, prior settlement attempt). Supreme Court rulings of February 2026 clarified that surcharges, default interest, and penalties — subordinated credit — are discharged in full. Public debt with the tax authority and social security can be partially cancelled within the expanded TRLC limits.
It applies to companies with fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover below €700,000 or liabilities below €350,000. It is fully digital (SEM platform), requires no insolvency administrator, takes 3–6 months, and costs up to 70% less than ordinary insolvency proceedings. If your company is near those thresholds, assessing eligibility is one of the first strategic decisions.
Yes. Our team acts on both sides: corporate creditors that need to recover unpaid receivables, and debtors that need time to restructure. On the creditor side, we pursue payment orders, enforcement proceedings, and direct negotiations before the debtor enters insolvency — the point at which the claim becomes subject to the composition process.

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