Peter Newman > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Offices
22 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Peter Newman
Work Department
Corporate Restructuring
Position
Partner and head of Skadden’s European corporate restructuring practice
Career
Peter Newman is head of Skadden’s European corporate restructuring practice. Mr. Newman advises companies, boards of directors, sponsors, creditors and creditor groups, acquirers and other stakeholders on large and complex restructurings, liability management exercises, business or asset sales, bankruptcies, insolvencies and associated disputes in jurisdictions around the world. He also counsels investors on structuring and restructuring private credit transactions.
Memberships
- New York
- Registered Foreign Lawyer UK
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2004
- B.A., University of Maryland, 2001
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
(Leading individuals)Peter Newman – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP is involved for a debtor-focused client base in a significant number of major cross-border mandates, often working closely with associated practice areas including capital markets, corporate and disputes. Much of this work has a transatlantic angle, which the firm is able to handle out of London, as well as by collaborating with the market-leading US offering. Team head Peter Newman excels in this work, bringing as he does vast knowledge of US and English restructuring and insolvency procedures and how these interact with various jurisdictions in continental Europe. Newman also advises on creditor engagements, bringing ‘a calm demeanour to complex and stressful situations and looks to develop practical solutions to difficult problems’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate restructuring & insolvency London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition