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Iain White

Iain White

Global 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Iain White is a versatile lawyer with broad experience of domestic and cross border restructurings and formal insolvencies.

Iain acts both on the creditor-side (for banks, funds and other lending institutions) and on the debtor-side (for borrowers, issuers and private equity sponsors) as well as advising insolvency officeholders. In recent years Iain has advised clients across a number of different jurisdictions and sectors, including commodities, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate.

Career

Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA, Law) 1997

Joined Clifford Chance 1999

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2001

Secondment to Barclays (Credit Restructuring Group) 2005

Partner since 2009

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Chambers Global Guide

Restructuring/Insolvency - UK

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Iain White has a broad practice with experience advising creditors, debtors and officeholders on cross-border restructurings. His work spans a range of sectors including manufacturing, retail and energy.

Strengths

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  • Iain on the insolvency side is excellent.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide
  • Iain is a perfect blend of very technical when he needs to be while realising the commercial and pragmatic aspect of dealing with distressed real estate assets. I value him highly.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Global Guide

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