Restructuring/Insolvency
Europe Guide 2024 : UK
Band 4
Contact number
+44 20 7959 8900Chambers Review
Sullivan & Cromwell possesses a respected team with strong UK and US capabilities. It is able to advise on Europe-based and US-based restructurings. The firm acts for impressive clients, which include credit funds and creditors' committees as well as debtors. Its lawyers are particularly adept at advising on distressed asset transactions. Sullivan & Cromwell has notable experience in the retail and leisure sectors.
Work Highlights
- Sullivan & Cromwell acted for the global debtors of FTX Trading in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and cross-border insolvency.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Sullivan & Cromwell team is always available and proactively drive matters forward."
"They provide strategic advice across multiple jurisdictions."
"If you have high-stakes matters, they are the ones to instruct."
"The Sullivan & Cromwell team is always available and proactively drive matters forward."
"They provide strategic advice across multiple jurisdictions."
"If you have high-stakes matters, they are the ones to instruct."
Notable Practitioners
Christopher Howard leads the firm's European restructuring group and remains a first-class choice for complex cross-border mandates. He regularly advises on distressed M&A transactions as well as a wide array of corporate, bank and bond restructurings.
"He is an excellent lawyer and is a trusted adviser when it comes to discussing and determining strategy."
"Christopher is smart and flexible. He thinks things through, he knows who are the right people for jobs and he is a creative thinker."
"He is a very good negotiator. When you need support in a very tense meeting, where it is transactional and you need to stand your ground, he is the one you want."