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Latham & Watkins LLP

Restructuring/Insolvency

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins has prominent restructuring teams located in the UK, the USA and China and across Europe. The law firm offers:

• Experience acting on behalf of creditors and distressed companies.

• Broad global coverage, well equipped to handle matters spanning across the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

• Expertise handling high-yield restructuring mandates, including insolvency litigation.

• Seamless cooperation on cross-border mandates, including English schemes of arrangement and debt portfolio transactions.

Notable practitioners

Ray C. Schrock in New York, Bruce Bell in London and Andrew M. Parlen in New York are key contacts.

Strengths

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  • Latham & Watkins have global reach and depth of services.

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  • Commercial awareness is the foundation of all of Latham's work in restructuring transactions. From your first meeting, you will be aware of their focus on this.

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  • The team are approachable and very versatile. The restructuring team can also draw on the firm's other expertise, in Paris and abroad, always with responsiveness and consistency in quality.

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