Amy Jacks > Mayer Brown International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown International LLP
201 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3AF
England
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Work Department

Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Position

Amy Jacks is a partner and co-head of the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice of the London office. She acts for a variety of funds, investment and clearing banks, insolvency practitioners, corporates, management teams and property advisors.

Amy advises on complex and often multi-jurisdictional restructurings as well as having undertaken many of the larger portfolio sales in the market recently. She has led various high-profile transactions across a breadth of sectors including, in the last few months, construction, retail, technology, waste, energy and automotive.

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.