Ashley Katz
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPWorking often in collaboration with the firm's New York office, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP's compact team excels in providing bespoke 'highly commercial' advice on complex cross-border restructurings and insolvencies for a broad array of stakeholders. Team head Ashley Katz leads from the front and 'excels in providing innovative solutions', including for fund clients, which benefit from the team's fluid multi-disciplinary approach drawing from the firm’s broader corporate, finance and litigation offerings. The 'impressive' Mandip Englund is a key member of the team and 'delivers exceptional levels of client service' to funds and IPs.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team provides excellent legal advice which is commercial in its delivery.'
- 'Ashley Katz is a very experienced, dedicated and knowledgeable insolvency and restructuring lawyer.'
- 'Ashley Katz excels in providing innovative solutions and outside-the-box thinking on complex problems.'
- 'Mandip Englund is an impressive restructuring lawyer who delivers exceptional levels of client service. She is also very well connected in the market with both fund clients and insolvency practitioners.'
Key clients
- Simon Edel and Richard Barker of Ernst & Young as the joint administrators of CX Reinsurance Company Limited (in administration)
- LumiraDx Group Limited and LumiraDx International Limited and Andrew James Johnson, Lisa Jane Rickelton and Lindsay Kate Hallam of FTI Consulting LLP (as joint administrators of LumiraDx Group Limited (in administration) and LumiraDx International Limited (in administration))
- Vornado Realty Trust
- Alteri Investors
Work highlights
- Advised Vornado Realty Trust on cross-border insolvency efforts involving the US, Luxembourg and Jersey in relation to cross-jurisdictional insolvency proceedings, culminating in the important and successful Jersey Court of Appeal decision in HWA 555 Owners, LLC v Redox plc [2023] JCA085 [13 June 2023], relating to Jersey’s new creditor winding-up procedure.
- Advising Ernst & Young as the joint administrators of CX Reinsurance Company Ltd (in administration) (CXRe) in connection with CXRe being placed under English administration and recognition of that appointment in the US bankruptcy courts through Chapter 15.
- Advised the joint administrators of LumiraDx, a NASDAQ-listed group with a parent listed entity placed into a Cayman Islands liquidation process.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Mandip Englund
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ashley Katz