The ‘exceptional’ team at Linklaters LLP provides ’technically excellent and commercially-minded advice’ to creditors, debtors, investors and insolvency practitioners (IPs) in both formal insolvency matters and more transactional mandates, including special situations and distressed M&A. Much of the work also has a cross-border angle, with the firm able to provide a true one-stop-shop service by virtue of its ‘unrivalled geographical reach’. The ’client-focused, commercial and technically brilliant’ Richard Hodgson is also very visible at handling cross-border mandates, regularly taking the lead on insolvencies within regulated sectors. Despite her newly appointed role as co-head of the firm’s overarching global banking practice, Rebecca Jarvis remains very visible on the fee-earning front, both for company debtors and lenders as creditors, and is incredibly knowledgeable across a range of insolvency processes, as well as on restructuring mandates. Nick Le Masurier and Hodgson co-head a team which also includes ‘top-class litigator’ Chris Stevenson, who excels at handling contentious insolvency work; Matthew Harding, who handles multi-jurisdictional restructurings; and the ’thoughtful and commercial’ Max Krasner, recently promoted to partner, who continues to gain traction among IPs, debtors and bondholders.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The exceptional team works collaboratively on the largest cross-border transactions, where it provides technically excellent and commercially-minded advice.'
- 'They have unrivalled geographical reach.'
- 'Richard Hodgson is client focused, commercial and technically brilliant.'
- 'Chris Stevenson is a top-class litigator.'
- 'A rising star, Max Krasner is thoughtful and commercial.'
Key clients
- Interpath Advisory
- Teneo
- Steinhoff
- PwC
- Tor Capital
- National Westminster Bank
- KKR
- Davidson Kempner
- HSBC Bank
- Barclays Bank
- FTI
- Citi Bank
- JPMorgan
- Lloyds Bank PLC
- Cheyne
- BAML
- Alix Partners
- Alvarez and Marsal
- BAIN
- SVP
Work highlights
- Advised Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. on its dissolution and subsequent delisting from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (primary listing) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (secondary listing). This process followed its €10.5bn equity and debt restructuring via a dual Dutch WHOA and English consent solicitation process.
- Advising Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in connection with the cross-border $3.8bn restructuring of the McDermott Group.
- Advised Metro Bank on its £925m restructuring and new capital raise.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicholas Le Masurier, Richard Hodgson