Laura Freestone > PwC LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

PwC LLP
1 EMBANKMENT PLACE
LONDON
WC2N 6RH
England
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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)

Laura FreestonePwC LLP

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.