Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Strengthened on the contentious and corporate restructuring sides, respectively, by the arrival in July 2022 of both Colin Ashford and Richard Obank from Brown Rudnick LLP, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner provides an increasingly comprehensive offering for a varied mix of corporates, IPs and funds on mid-market mandates. Obank now heads the practice that includes long-established team member Marc Trottier , whose eclectic mix of work includes formal insolvency mandates and transactions for funds investing in distressed situations, impaired credits and complex loan-to-own transactions. Leveraging the firm’s real estate credentials, the team also has niche expertise advising stakeholders in nearly every major landlord CVA in the market.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is very aligned and joined up. Always fully briefed and willing and able to participate in discussion. Extremely pragmatic and always keen to find proportionate solutions to issues.'
- 'Marc Trottier is a superb first point of contact and exceedingly able corporate finance lawyer. Marc has an excellent manner which is both approachable, for those smaller queries, and utmost professional in situations that require a more formal approach. Marc's technical ability is outstanding, making him a safe pair of hands for any matter that requires legal attention. In all, Marc is a tremendously nice person, excellent insolvency lawyer and someone in whom an entire audience immediately has confidence in.'
Key clients
- C.& J. Clark International Limited
- The Equiom group of companies
- Begbies Traynor Group
- FRP Advisory
Work highlights
- Advising Clarks, the iconic British-based shoe retailer, throughout 2022 in relation to the implementation of its high-profile company voluntary arrangement (CVA) involving c.350 stores and on negotiations regarding various High Court challenges to the CVA.
- Advised the Equiom group of companies on the multi-jurisdictional restructuring of its equity and approximately £190m of debt owed to a consortium of commercial banks and private equity funds.
- Advised Begbies Traynor Group in their capacity as joint administrators and joint receivers on the sale of Worcester Warriors rugby club to Atlas Worcester Warriors Rugby Club Limited.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Obank