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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Offices

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
EXCHANGE HOUSE
PRIMROSE STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2EG
England
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Mr John Whiteoak

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+44 20 7466 2010 john.whiteoak@hsf.com View profile

Work Department

Commercial Litigation and Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency

Position

John is a disputes and restructuring Partner and co-leads the firm’s global Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency practice. He advises on a broad range of general commercial litigation and contentious insolvency matters.

Career

In addition to general commercial litigation matters, John’s disputes expertise includes cross-border disputes, corporate fraud and recovery, as well as complex banking and tax disputes and dispute resolution.  John also has significant restructuring and insolvency expertise advising on a broad range of contentious insolvency matters, including cross-border disputes and pension regulatory disputes. His work involves some of the largest and most high-profile insolvency, restructuring and pensions disputes in the United Kingdom, including cases with global ramifications.

John acts for a blue-chip client list, including hedge funds, administrators, banks, accountants, trustees and corporates.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency

Drawing upon ‘excellent insight and rounded knowledge of the industry’, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP provides a ‘responsive and proactive’ service to a debtor-focused client base across a range of restructuring and formal insolvency matters. Unsurprisingly perhaps given the firm’s commercial litigation pedigree, the team, which is led by John Whiteoak (‘extremely energetic and full of ideas’), is particularly adept at handling contentious insolvency engagements. Appreciated for her ‘measured and incisive’ advice, Natasha Johnson is also a key practitioner for contentious matters, including as it relates to directors’ duties/misfeasance issues. As part of his broad skillset in the space, Kevin Pullen has niche expertise handling    infrastructure and project restructurings including those underpinned by PFI/PPP contractual terms.

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