Partner - Head of Restructuring & Insolvency

Martin is the Head of CMS’s UK Restructuring & Insolvency team, with over 20 years’ experience of advising creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of financial restructurings and non-litigious aspects of formal insolvency proceedings. He also advises special situation investors on their investments, including the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios, single credits and distressed businesses.

Based in London, Martin qualified in 2000 and has been a partner since 2008. His experience includes a secondment to a leading UK bank’s work-out team.  He is ranked as a leading individual for restructuring and insolvency by both Legal 500 and Chambers, described as ‘a class act. He is absolutely exceptional - he reads circumstances and situations very well’.

1997 – LPC, The College of Law, Chester 1996 - LLB Law with French, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham 1995 - Diplôme d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises, L’Université de Limoges