{"id":72413,"date":"2026-07-16T18:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/?p=72413"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:16:45","slug":"negotiated-settlement-insolvency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/negotiated-settlement-insolvency\/","title":{"rendered":"More access to credit, but also greater risk: why businesses are increasingly turning to negotiated crisis settlement to prevent insolvency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The negotiated settlement procedure for business crises continues to be one of the most effective and widely used tools for companies seeking to address financial and economic difficulties at an early stage and prevent insolvency. In recent years, recourse to this procedure has increased significantly, confirming its central role among the instruments available for managing corporate distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The growing number of applications reflects companies\u2019 increasing focus on restructuring solutions based on dialogue with creditors and the preservation of business continuity. At the same time, practical experience has highlighted a number of critical issues that continue to affect the effectiveness of the procedure, particularly in restructuring processes involving small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an article published on <em>Affaritaliani.it<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/professionista\/cristian-fischetti-en\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/professionista\/cristian-fischetti-en\/\">Cristian Fischetti<\/a> examines the development of the negotiated settlement procedure, exploring the factors that have contributed to its growing use, the results achieved and the main challenges that remain, with particular attention to the needs and specific characteristics of SMEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/economia\/piu-credito-ma-anche-piu-rischio-perche-le-imprese-scelgono-sempre-di-piu-la-composizione-negoziata-per-prevenire-linsolvenza.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.affaritaliani.it\/economia\/piu-credito-ma-anche-piu-rischio-perche-le-imprese-scelgono-sempre-di-piu-la-composizione-negoziata-per-prevenire-linsolvenza.html\">Full article on Affaritaliani ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The negotiated settlement procedure for business crises continues to be one of the most effective and widely used tools for companies seeking to address financial and economic difficulties at an early stage and prevent insolvency. In recent years, recourse to this procedure has increased significantly, confirming its central role among the instruments available for managing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/negotiated-settlement-insolvency\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[667],"tags":[],"area":[],"collana":[],"competenza":[1094],"class_list":["post-72413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-en","competenza-banking-restructuring-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The use of negotiated settlement procedure to prevent insolvency - LEXIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The negotiated settlement procedure is gaining traction, but certain challenges still limit its effectiveness, particularly for SMEs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/en\/2026\/07\/16\/negotiated-settlement-insolvency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The use of negotiated settlement procedure to prevent insolvency - 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