Chambers Review
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Restructuring/Insolvency - UK
What the Team is Known For
McDermott Will & Schulte has a highly reputable team that advises creditor and debtor-side clients on restructurings. The firm can leverage its international reach to assist on cross-border matters.
Strengths
McDermott has a growing team that is keen to be innovative.
The firm has a good team with lots of industry knowledge and relationship partners.
Notable practitioners
Adrian Cohen fields extensive experience in the restructuring space. He has particular expertise in project finance and the real estate sector.
The 'Professor', he is very clever and sensible and a delight to deal with.
He is a class operator.
Alex Wood is an experienced partner who assists on a range of restructuring matters. He is particularly expert in schemes of arrangement and cross-border restructurings.
It's always good to work with Alex.
Alex is excellent at getting to grips with complex legal concepts or questions and is very good at communicating the key takeaways simply and succinctly.
Alex Wood is a skilled advocate for his clients, focused on delivering excellent outcomes for them using his talent to manage complex issues, and diverse stakeholders on international matters.
Mark Fennessy co-heads the London group at McDermott Will & Schulte and brings a wealth of experience representing both debtor and creditor-side clients. He is particularly adept at acting for administrators across contentious and non-contentious matters.
Mark provides a very good strategic perspective. He has a good sense of the overall picture and gets down and dirty with the details of the matter too.
He is a pleasure to work with.