Katie Higgins > Jones Day > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile
Jones Day Offices
AURORA PLACE
LEVEL 41, 88 PHILLIP STREET
SYDNEY, NSW 2000
Australia
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Katie Higgins
Career
Katie Higgins has over 20 years’ experience advising companies, financiers, insolvency practitioners, investors, and directors on restructuring and insolvency matters, with a particular focus on cross-border matters. Some of Katie’s recent work includes high-profile administrations of retail giants and major energy companies. She also advises companies and financiers on a wide variety of debt and structured capital markets transactions, most recently in the resources, health and fintech sectors. Katie is a member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) and INSOL International.
Lawyer Rankings
Australia > Restructuring and insolvency
Utilising its global reach, the restructuring and insolvency team at Jones Day is regularly instructed on international workout transactions and multi-jurisdictional reorganisation and bankruptcy proceedings. Praised for its ‘technical excellence with a commercial overlay‘, the Sydney-based team has experience in handling refinancing, distressed and solvent corporate acquisitions and insolvency matters. Heading the team, Roger Dobson
has experience in representing major banking syndicates, offshore funds holding substantial debt positions and companies experiencing financial distress. Katie Higgins is well versed in debt restructurings, workouts and insolvency-related matters. Maria Yiasemides is a well-regarded litigator and has experience handling corporate collapses and reorganisations. Kane J. Kersaitis is also a key member of the team. Lucas Wilk left the firm in May 2023.