Drawing upon ‘great experience and knowledge’ of formal insolvency processes, as well as balance sheet restructurings and special situations, Mayer Brown International LLP provides a ’pragmatic and solutions-focused’ service to a range of creditors, debtors and investors. In this context, the team is able to deliver holistic solutions, often working collaboratively with relevant practice groups across the firm’s full-service offering, including real estate and structured finance, as well as with international offices on cross-border mandates. Praised for her ‘ability to see the wood for the trees and to drive deals to completion’, Amy Jacks has a versatile offering for officeholders, banks and corporates, and is particularly effective at handling mid-market deals. Devi Shah is ’very experienced’ across a range of non-contentious and contentious matters, including as these relate to pensions and insurance restructurings. Michael Fiddy co-heads the team alongside Jacks and Shah, and is particularly accomplished at advising on real estate restructurings.
Testimonials
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- 'Great experience and knowledge on the restructuring side, in particular acting for banks and appointees.'
- 'Technically very strong, excellent at stakeholder management and good at bringing a proactive, pragmatic and solutions-focused mindset.'
- 'Michael Fiddy and Amy Jacks provide fantastic cross-border and corporate restructuring expertise particularly in real estate and asset finance.'
- 'Amy Jacks is a stand out, she is commercial, sensible, practical but extremely knowledgeable and keen to add value. She has an ability to see the wood for the trees and to drive deals to completion without being unnecessarily aggressive.'
- 'Devi Shah is very experienced and client friendly.'
Key clients
- HSBC
- BDO
- Daiwa
- FTI
- Mothercare Pension Schemes
- Alvarez & Marsal Europe
- Debenhams Pension Schemes
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Moorfields
- Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- EA Partners
- Permira Funds
- Green Network Energy
- Alix Partners
- Mount Street
- EDF Man
- Octopus Real Estate
Work highlights
- Acted for a specialist real estate funder in connection with its commercial development investment into RoyaleLife, a consortium of companies developing and running various sites such as holiday parks, adventure playgrounds and campsites.
- Acting for insolvency practitioners from Alvarez & Marsal Europe, in their capacity as the joint liquidators of a high-profile multinational construction and engineering company with interests and operations across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
- Representing the CVA supervisors, partners in AlixPartners, on the ongoing implementation of a complex company voluntary arrangement (CVA) of Alpha Petroleum Resources, the North Sea oil and gas development and production company.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Devi Shah, Amy Jacks, Michael Fiddy