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CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

MITRE HOUSE, 160 ALDERSGATE STREET, LONDON, EC1A 4DD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7367 3000
Fax:
Fax 020 7367 2000
DX:
135316 BARBICAN 2
Web:
www.cms-cmck.com
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Rita Lowe

Tel:
Work +44 20 7367 3000
Email:
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Work Department

Corporate recovery team – banking and international finance.

Position

Partner specialising in insolvency and corporate restructuring; advising various stakeholders in a restructuring scenario, including lenders and pension trustees; advising directors trading in the twilight zone; acquiring distressed debt and businesses either prior to or post a formal insolvency procedure.

Career

Called to the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland 1985; converted to solicitor 1994; partner CMS Cameron McKenna 1998. Publications: associate editor of ‘Insolvency Law & Practice’. Speaks at a number of industry conferences, including conferences to members of R3, IBA and private equity clients.

Member

Law Society of England and Wales.

Education

Queens University, Belfast (LLB); University of London (LLM).

Leisure

Riding, skiing, walking, travelling.

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Legal Developments by:
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

  • Access to justice: protective costs orders in planning challenges

    Third parties and competing developers have no rights of appeal to the Secretary of State against planning decisions. Disappointed applicants can appeal to the Secretary of State and can have the merits of the application reconsidered. The only remedy available to a disappointed third party is a challenge by way of judicial review in the High Court on a point of law. The sense of frustration and disempowerment this creates has not been helped by the increasing complexity of the planning process and the use of consultation to legitimise decisions that many perceive may already have been taken.
    - CMS Group

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