Mark Fennessy
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLPThe 'extremely responsive and knowledgeable' team at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP provides 'very commercial and pragmatic' advice to stakeholders in complex cross-border restructurings and insolvencies, often working alongside other offices in the firm's network and complementary practice areas. Recognised as 'a brilliant strategist', Mark Fennessy is pivotal to the team's success in the market, with a practice that 'goes far beyond straightforward restructuring cases, to include often very difficult special situation scenarios', as well as taking on a continued flow of work for the firm's core client, a global debt administrator. Fennessy and Aymen Mahmoud co-head a team that also includes King's Counsel Marcia Shekerdemian, who is a senior consultant at the firm.
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- 'They provided very thorough advice with deep commercial understanding and have achieved more than we expected in the negotiations with customers and other stakeholders.'
- 'They provide very commercial and pragmatic advice that places clients at the heart of everything they do.'
- 'Extremely responsive and knowledgeable team, available 24/7. Very easy to work with and open to discuss new ideas and strategy.'
- 'Mark Fennessy is an experienced strategist, whose portfolio routinely includes extremely complex, multi-jurisdictional cases and transactions.'
- 'Mark Fennessy is a brilliant strategist and a delight to work with. His practice goes far beyond straightforward restructuring cases, to include often very difficult special situation scenarios.'
- 'Peter Lu is very sharp minded and always quickly picked up the tricks the other side of table played and prevented us from the logical and legal traps.'
- 'Marcia Shekerdemian KC has invaluable knowledge, experience and sense. The best of the best.'
Key clients
- Global Loan Agency Services
- TREO Asset Management LLC
- TREO NOAL GP Sarl
- AVIC Cabin Systems
- Waveney Fork Trucks Limited, Lift Truck Rentals Limited and Nexen Lift Trucks Limited
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Mark Fennessy, Aymen Mahmoud