Katten

Restructuring

James Davison is a solution-focused restructuring lawyer whose broad practice encompasses debtor and creditor side mandates, with an emphasis on corporate rescue and turnaround to maximize value for stakeholders. James has led high-profile (often cross-border) restructurings across a range of sectors, including hospitality and leisure, travel, retail, consumer goods, industrials and financial services, using early intervention and practical dealmaking to safeguard and enhance clients’ interests. James also routinely advises boards, management teams, private equity sponsors, lenders and other investors on accelerated mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital structure resets, workouts and contingency planning.

James approaches complex matters with a focus on identifying and pursuing the critical path to a solution, coordinating workstreams and aligning stakeholders around the necessary actions. His completion of secondments to two lending institutions and a global private credit fund (incorporating debt and equity interests) contributes to his well-rounded, multijurisdictional experience, as well as his ability to understand the key objectives of a range of stakeholders. Clients turn to James as a trusted advisor at critical inflection points because of his ability to combine calm, strategic judgment with clarity and speed of execution under pressure. Financial advisory firms with aligned practices often refer clients to James, reflecting his reputation for developing longstanding relationships and delivering dependable and commercially sound legal counsel.