Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law

Many people hold a valid document yet cannot collect their receivable for years. The reason is usually not the absence of a right but a badly structured process: the wrong type of proceedings, an objection filed out of time, an attachment placed too late.

On the creditor side Initiating enforcement proceedings with or without a judgment, proceedings specific to negotiable instruments, actions for annulment and removal of objections, attachment procedures, sale of movable and immovable property, actions for annulment of fraudulent transfers.

On the debtor side Objection to proceedings, objection to the debt and to the signature, negative declaratory and restitution actions, suspension of enforcement, protection of non-attachable assets, payment plan negotiations.

Bankruptcy and restructuring Bankruptcy petitions, postponement of bankruptcy, composition (concordat) proceedings.

Time limits are critical In enforcement law most rights depend on periods counted in days. Short periods — such as the seven days following service of a payment order — are rarely recoverable once missed.