Aymen Mahmoud > McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘nimble and very approachable’ team at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP provides ‘pragmatic, commercially-minded and technically superb’ advice to a myriad stakeholders across a range of work in the contentious and non- contentious restructuring sector. Drawing upon the firm’s wider finance capabilities and US footprint, the team is particularly adept at formulating innovative solutions for stakeholders throughout the capital structure and is appreciated for its ability to handle ‘complex, multi-jurisdictional projects with ambition and creativity’. Mark Fennessy best demonstrates this solutions-oriented approach and excels ‘in successfully conducting complex and often contentious matters co-ordinating client teams and other stakeholders involved’. Fennessy co-heads the team alongside the ‘highly responsive and very knowledgeable’ Aymen Mahmoud.

The ‘technically strong and commercial’ team at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP provides ‘insightful yet very practical advice’ to funds, in lender and borrower roles, primarily within the mid-market leveraged finance sphere. Team head Aymen Mahmoud has ‘exceptional knowledge of the acquisition finance space’, and since his arrival, along with the ‘hugely intelligent and commercially savvy lawyer’ Mark Fine in May 2020, has provided huge impetus to the finance offering and gained considerable market share.

While it is primarily aligned to servicing its private credit clients as lenders and borrowers on leveraged finance matters, McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP‘s     ‘deep industry insights’ across a wide range of finance products, including as it relates to TLB, revenue-based lending, direct lending and special situations work, ensures that has the flexibility and overarching financing capability to also advise on more general new money and distressed work. Team head Aymen Mahmoud is ‘highly commercial and understands client needs’.