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CMS
CANNON PLACE
78 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6AF
England
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Position

Partner – Head of Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

Martin is the Head of CMS’s UK Restructuring & Insolvency team, with over 20 years’ experience of advising creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of financial restructurings and non-litigious aspects of formal insolvency proceedings. He also advises special situation investors on their investments, including the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios, single credits and distressed businesses.

Based in London, Martin qualified in 2000 and has been a partner since 2008. His experience includes a secondment to a leading UK bank’s work-out team.  He is ranked as a leading individual for restructuring and insolvency by both Legal 500 and Chambers, described as ‘a class act. He is absolutely exceptional – he reads circumstances and situations very well’.

Education

  • 1997 – LPC, The College of Law, Chester
  • 1996 – LLB Law with French, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham
  • 1995 – Diplôme d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises, L’Université de Limoges

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency

(Leading partners)

Martin Brown CMS

CMS provides ‘good, honest and trustworthy advice’ to a balanced mix of IPs, banks, corporates and funds across a range of situations throughout the distressed curve, from formal insolvencies and multi-stakeholder restructurings through to special situations mandates. Team head Martin Brown‘s own practice exemplifies this versatility, and he is consequently able to bring superb insight into deals, having been active on both creditor/investor and debtor mandates. As well as his more transactional special situations aligned work, Glen Flannery is also an extremely accomplished lawyer in relation to UK-based formal insolvencies, including acting for the Official Receiver on matters of national interest. Of counsel Kelly Rothwell is additionally recommended.