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We have a long-standing track record of delivering high profile restructurings and insolvencies involving global brands for a wide range of stakeholders. These include distressed companies, insolvency practitioners, creditors, private equity houses, banks and other financial institutions. Whether you’re a creditor or a debtor, our experienced lawyers can represent you in an extensive range of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. We can help you renegotiate or refinance banking facilities, restructure equity stakes, and guide you through insolvency or enforcement processes where necessary. We can bring in colleagues from our banking, private equity, pensions, employment, real estate and tax teams when you need them, who will bring to bear their experience working on restructuring corporates which are stressed or distressed. Clients tell us that this integrated, collaborative approach is critical for successful outcomes. We know that understanding the complexities of financial distress and potential solutions is only one part of the equation; each industry has unique commercial features that affect out-ofcourt workouts. The depth of our industryspecific knowledge - and our contacts who provide dedicated financial and commercial advice - means we’re always geared towards helping you minimize risk, avoid complications and delays, and maximize success for all stakeholders.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Midlands

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What the Team is Known For

Eversheds Sutherland houses an impressive restructuring and insolvency team that undertakes a full range of work throughout the UK. The firm is experienced in complex, multi-jurisdictional restructurings and in providing specialist advice on restructurings in retail, financial services and education. Several clearing banks and leading accountancy firms form part of its client base.

Work Highlights

  • Eversheds Sutherland advised PricewaterhouseCoopers as the joint administrators of Nimbus Realisations on the Topco administration.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew J Jordan
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Andrew J Jordan
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Andrew Jordan leads the restructuring and insolvency team in Birmingham. He comes recommended for his work on complex distressed business cases in the retail, automotive and energy sectors. His work also includes operational restructuring and refinancing exercises.

Andrew is a very experienced and commercial lawyer.

Mark Wood
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Mark Wood
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Mark Wood leads the restructuring and insolvency team in Nottingham. He advises on contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, including asset sales, trading issues and restructurings. Much of his work is international in scope.

I find Mark to be a very knowledgeable lawyer. He brings a broad understanding of a number of different jurisdictions.

Mark is good at getting to the commercial resolution, making suggestions and thinking about what can be done.

Mark Wood is truly the crème de la crème of lawyers in his field. His depth of expertise, sharp legal insight and strategic thinking consistently set him apart.

Jenna Poulton
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Jenna Poulton
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Jenna Poulton is a Birmingham-based partner in the restructuring and insolvency team. She has notable experience handling matters containing cross-border elements. She demonstrates her ability to advise on a range of issues, including asset sales, acquisitions and operational restructuring.

Jenna delivers very clear advice.

Anne-Louise Lawrence
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Anne-Louise Lawrence
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Anne-Louise Lawrence is a legal director based in Birmingham who leads the firm's real estate restructuring section. She advises on all facets of restructuring, refinancing and administration procedure. She has notable expertise in retail receivership and the treatment of distressed real estate assets.

Anne-Louise is tenacious, detail-oriented and technically good.

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Midlands

Restructuring/Insolvency

Andrew J Jordan
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Andrew J Jordan
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Mark Wood
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Mark Wood
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Jenna Poulton
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Jenna Poulton
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Anne-Louise Lawrence
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Anne-Louise Lawrence
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Members

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Clients

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Asset-based lenders

Deloitte

Insolvency practitioners and LPA receivers

Kroll

Major corporates and financial institutions

PwC

UK clearing banks