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Laura Freestone

Work Department
International Business Reorganisations.
Position
Laura is a Director and corporate lawyer (qualified in Scotland) in PwC’s International Business Reorganisations legal practice. Laura specialises in strategic global corporate reorganisation projects for international groups. Laura has recently acted on a number of highly technical projects, including those requiring cross-border merger and/or Societas Europaea for Brexit related restructuring projects.
Laura joined PwC in 2010 from Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, where she was a member of the corporate team in London, specialising in M&A and AIM listed work.
Laura spent three years (2012 – 2015) on secondment to PwC’s corporate team in Sydney, Australia.
Career
Laura joined PwC in 2010 from Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
(Next Generation Partners)PwC LLP offers ‘a fantastic level of detailed knowledge’ to clients on their international business reorganisations which are often high-profile multi-jurisdictional projects. The corporate and commercial, international business reorganisations team is jointly headed by Georgie Blyth and Cynthia Chan
. Kevin King handles restructuring and transactional engagements for financial services clients, in particular in the banking and investment management sectors. Latika Sharma ‘s work includes handling the restructuring of international IP portfolios while Laura Freestone advises on global corporate reorganisation projects for international groups. Harry Wilkins specialises in deal-related structuring projects, in particular pre-deal carve-outs and post-deal integrations. Rebecca Boyers is frequently instructed by US and Asian clients, such as Japanese multinational corporates while Stephanie Xintara supports the team in these matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- International business reorganisations London > Corporate and commercial
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity