Ms Devi Shah > Mayer Brown International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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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 > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
Drawing upon ‘great experience and knowledge’ of formal insolvency processes, as well as balance sheet restructurings and special situations, Mayer Brown International LLP provides a ‘pragmatic and solutions-focused’ service to a range of creditors, debtors and investors. In this context, the team is able to deliver holistic solutions, often working collaboratively with relevant practice groups across the firm’s full-service offering, including real estate and structured finance, as well as with international offices on cross-border mandates. Praised for her ‘ability to see the wood for the trees and to drive deals to completion’, Amy Jacks has a versatile offering for officeholders, banks and corporates, and is particularly effective at handling mid-market deals. Devi Shah is ‘very experienced’ across a range of non-contentious and contentious matters, including as these relate to pensions and insurance restructurings. Michael Fiddy co-heads the team alongside Jacks and Shah, and is particularly accomplished at advising on real estate restructurings.
London > Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
(Leading partners)Strengthened by its international reach, Mayer Brown International LLP‘s global insurance industry group is a popular choice for its ‘deep industry knowledge and trans-Atlantic coverage‘. Its main areas of focus are the insurance and reinsurance sectors, as well as ILS mandates. Overseeing the practice, Colin Scagell is a name to note for large cross-border insurance mandates. Rebecca Bothamley leads the firm’s UK transactional liability work and assists buyers of insurance products and insurers. The group also leans on the expertise of Devi Shah.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners 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
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- 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: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- 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
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Dispute resolution > Public international law