Geoff O'Dea

Geoff O’Dea counsels clients in relation to all aspects of domestic and cross-border finance, special situations and restructuring and insolvency matters.

Geoff’s clients include private equity, family office and special situations investors, direct lenders, banks, security agents, insolvency practitioners, restructuring advisors, boards, independent directors and corporate clients. His extensive experience enables him to provide valuable advice on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency, including cross-border matters. Geoff also has significant expertise in acquisition finance, working with clients on lending products such as European term Loan B, unitranche, bank/bond financings, and rescue financings.

Prior to joining Fried Frank, Geoff served as a partner in the Banking & Finance group at another prestigious international law firm and spent the first several years of his career working in Sydney, Australia and Hong Kong.

He was also clerk to the Honourable Mr Justice Hulme in the New South Wales Supreme Court.