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201 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3AF
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Ms Devi Shah
Work Department
Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Position
Devi Shah is co-head of Mayer Brown’s Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency group in London. She focuses on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency and has a particular interest in international and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, as well as pensions aspects of restructurings.
Devi has extensive experience in insurance insolvency and restructuring matters, including advising on provisional liquidation, schemes of arrangement (including international recognition and enforcement issues), proof issues and set-off. She also handles financial disputes and fraud related claims.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
(Leading individuals)Mayer Brown International LLP works on a range of cross-market, cross-border matters, with capabilities in Lloyd’s market, Part VII transfers, and other insurance transactions, while also working in capital markets and M&A in this space. With the added ability to call upon the firm’s US strong offering in international non-contentious insurance matters, the firm is well-placed to handle transactions that involve the US and other markets. Insurance-linked securities is a particular strength of the firm, with practice head Colin Scagell having substantial experience in this area alongside his wider practice in cross-border public transactions. Rebecca Bothamley is noted for her leading work in the UK transactional liability practice, and Devi Shah provides her experience as the co-lead of the firm’s restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency work for insurance clients. Chris Chapman and Musonda Kapotwe are also key contacts for mandates in the insurance sector.
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
Mayer Brown International LLP‘s ‘very commercial practice’ advises a diverse array of stakeholders across an eclectic mix of work in the space, ranging from more transactional distressed investment mandates, through to formal insolvency matters. Leveraging his expertise on underlying Shariah-compliant financial structures, Barry Cosgrave has niche strength handling Middle East-related mandates. Devi Shah is adept at advising on cross-border contentious matters, as well as having built up a market-leading reputation for pensions and insurance-related insolvencies. Shah co-heads the team alongside Amy Jacks and Michael Fiddy, who are ‘both personable, technically strong and appropriately pragmatic’ for clients, including banks, funds and IPs on mainstream restructuring matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate restructuring & insolvency London > Finance
- Insurance: corporate and regulatory London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+