Edward Downer > Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Afforded greater partner strength following Jason Taylor‘s recent internal promotion and the arrival in December 2023 of the highly regarded Simon Baskerville from Latham & Watkins, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP has the resources and expertise to service a vibrant and balanced mix of stakeholders across the full range of restructurings and workouts, in both domestic and cross-border settings. The team has an ‘innovative approach to structuring solutions to complex problems’ which has manifested itself in relation to work on UK restructuring plans (including for regulated businesses), niche advice to convertible bondholders on their rights in restructurings, and work with the US offices to advise on the English law aspects of Chapter 11 cases. The ‘technically excellent’ Graham Lane, who co-heads the team alongside Baskerville, is particularly effective at representing funds looking to capitalise on restructuring opportunities and to protect and optimise existing investments. Iben Madsen and the ‘exceptionally bright’ Edward Downer are also adept at working with fund clients, with all the aforementioned partners often working in a collaborative fashion with the firm’s broader private equity and capital markets teams. Alexander Roy became in-house counsel for a financial services firm.