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Karen McMaster

Karen McMaster

UK 2026

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About

Provided by A&O Shearman

UK

Practice Areas

Karen specialises in assisting buy side and distressed investors structure, negotiate and implement investments in distressed, stressed or special situation credits. She also has experience in all aspects of debt restructuring and reorganisation, from initial contingency planning and options analysis to the implementation and management of complex workouts.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Firms)

Band 4
Band 4

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Karen McMaster is regularly sought out by corporates and lenders to handle contentious restructurings and special situations, including those with multi-jurisdictional elements.

Strengths

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  • Karen is very thoughtful, she thinks everything through very carefully, and if you've got a complicated situation she's caught the issue and raised it. She made sure we were as protected as possible.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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