Ms Kay Morley > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Dechert LLP
25 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4M 5UB
England
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Work Department

Financial Restructuring

Position

Partner

Career

Kay V. Morley is a partner in Dechert’s global financial restructuring group, advising stakeholders on all aspects of insolvency and corporate restructuring with a particular focus on European special situations and complex cross-border restructurings. Ms. Morley’s clients include hedge funds and other distressed investors, advising them on the acquisition of loan portfolios and the implementation of “loan to own” strategies. She also regularly provides advice to debtors in distress and private equity portfolio companies and represents insolvency practitioners in domestic and offshore situations.

Education

  • University of Bristol, LL.B. (Hons), 1997
  • University of Bristol, LL.M., 1998
  • The College of Law, Guildford, Legal Practice Course, 2000

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency

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Kay Morley – Dechert LLP

Leveraging the firm’s well-established lineage in the asset management space and also able to tap into its broader international network, Dechert LLP has gained most of its traction in the market through working for funds seeking to realise value in cross-border distressed situations. Team head Adam Plainer has vast experience and knowledge across a variety of restructuring tools, as well as being adept at handling more transactional strategies, including distressed M&A mandates. The ‘exceptional’ Kay Morley is also key to the team’s success for funds, including in a special situations context and on loan-to-own strategies.