Jane Flournoy > Dentons > DUBAI, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile

Jane Flournoy

+971 4 4020 891 jane.flournoy@dentons.com View profile

Work Department

Banking and Finance, Islamic Finance, Real Estate Finance, Acquisition Finance

Position

Jane is a counsel in the Banking and Finance practice in Dubai. Her works involves general banking, Islamic finance, contractor finance and real estate finance matters and she also advises clients in relation to restructuring and insolvency matters in the UAE.

Before joining the firm, Jane worked in the UK where she specialised in corporate restructuring and insolvency. During this time Jane would routinely act on behalf of insolvency practitioners and secured creditors and would also provide insolvency advice to companies and directors. Jane also spent time on secondment with a well known accountancy practice working with its corporate restructuring team. Since coming to the UAE, Jane has represented numerous international and local entities on a number of corporate and commercial matters and has advised generally in relation to UAE company law. Jane was also well placed to capitalize on her restructuring experience when the global downturn started to impact the region and has since advised a number of banks and creditors on the rescheduling of debtor obligations both in relation to conventional and Islamic facilities. Jane has also given a number of external seminars to clients on various insolvency topics and has had an article commenting on the new insolvency regime created to deal with Dubai World and its subsidiaries published in Eurofenix.

Languages

English

Memberships

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2002

Education

The College of Law, 1999, LPC
Manchester Metropolitan University, 1998, LLB, (Hons)