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Jatinder Bains

Jatinder Bains

UK 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Career

Jat is head of the restructuring and insolvency group. He specialises in a range of debt finance transactions, acting for credit and special situations funds, corporate clients, sponsors, bondholders and senior and mezzanine lenders in relation to, amongst other things, workouts and restructurings, and real estate finance.

He has worked on several domestic and international private and public deals. His international finance experience also includes a secondment to Italy, where he assisted a local firm with the English law aspects of a securitisation and refinancing relating to a major Italian airport company.

Jat’s restructuring experience includes a secondment to the restructuring group legal team at a global financial institution, where he was involved in multibillion dollar restructurings.

Jat is a member of the Institute for Turnaround and is a contributing editor of the ICLG Restructuring and Insolvency series.

Jat is a partner champion of our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) staff network, a forum for networking and peer support between ethnic minority staff and allies.

Jat is ranked in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame, which highlights individuals who are at the pinnacle of the profession and considered by clients to provide continued excellence.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Firms)

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial
Jatinder Bains sits as the head of Macfarlanes' restructuring and insolvency practice. He is experienced in assisting a wide variety of clients, from corporates to administrators.

Strengths

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  • Jat is a longstanding lawyer who really knows his stuff and is a great problem solver.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Jat's great. He's very personable and is very able to mix commercial insight with the legal advice needed to tackle the heart of the issue.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Jatinder Bains is a superb operator. He is an engaging and personable lawyer who also has the technical and commercial expertise to delivery high-quality work for high-profile clients.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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