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Companies may seek relief from creditors in cases of insolvency due to illiquidity or over-indebtedness, and in cases of apparent threatening insolvency. Debtors may also petition the court to order a protection moratorium, during which insolvency cannot be declared. Stay effects of the impending insolvency are retained in such cases.

A company may seek relief from its creditors, either by filing for bankruptcy (and for the grant of protective measures until the issuance of the decision declaring bankruptcy), in case of either current or threatened cessation of payments, or by pursuing one of the two pre-bankruptcy procedures provided for by the Greek Insolvency Code (GIC): rehabilitation or special liquidation. In order to file for rehabilitation, a company must be in a situation of current or threatened general inability to perform its due monetary obligations, while to file for special liquidation, current or threatened cessation of payments is a prerequisite.

Certain corporate restructuring procedures such as voluntary arrangements (CVAs) under the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA) or schemes of arrangement under the Companies Act 2006 (a process involving a compromise or other arrangement with creditors or members) do not require a company to be insolvent, although in most restructuring cases the company will be tinkering on the brink of insolvency.

As a general rule, a company may be declared insolvent (concurso mercantil) when it has defaulted in its payment obligations to two or more creditors, and on the date of filing of the insolvency petition: (i) its due obligations that have been delinquent for more than 30 days represent 35% or more of its total outstanding obligations; and/or (ii) it does not have sufficient liquid assets (cash and cash equivalents, such as bank deposits and other receivables with a maturity of no more than 90 days, or securities that may be sold within 30 days, in each case from the date of filing of the insolvency request) to pay for at least 80% of its obligations that are due and payable on such date.

There are three main forms of bankruptcy proceedings in Norway, all regulated by the Norwegian Bankruptcy Act: judicial debt negotiation proceedings; either voluntary or compulsory composition proceedings; and winding-up proceedings. The debtor may also suggest a compulsory composition while under winding-up proceedings.

A company under financial distress may seek relief from creditors by filing a court-supervised reorganisation proceeding. The company does not have to provide evidence of being insolvent for the purposes of filing for reorganisation. The company may also file a voluntary bankruptcy liquidation proceeding or a pre-packaged restructuring.

According to Republic Act 10142, or the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 (FRIA), section 12, a company may seek relief from creditors by filing a petition for voluntary rehabilitation if it is: (i) insolvent; or (ii) unable to pay its obligations as they become due.

Informal workout: a company may come to an out-of-court agreement with its major creditors for the rescheduling of the company's debts and overall-rescheduling. Insolvency is not required to negotiate an informal workout.