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Dentons
ONE FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7WS
England
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Work Department

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Tessa is a partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice. She has experience in all areas of contentious insolvency work. She also has significant experience in restructuring and non-contentious insolvency work. Tessa has advised financial institutions, Insolvency Practitioners, directors, corporate debtors and other creditors on contentious and non contentious issues, domestically and in respect of cross border matters. Her sector experience includes real estate, energy, telecommunications, rail and retail.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency

(Next Generation Partners)

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Acting on its own as well as being able to draw upon subject matter experts across the firm’s banking, real estate, regulatory and corporate offerings, Dentons provides ‘sound and sensible advice’ to banks, IPs and debtors across the gamut of restructuring, insolvency and distressed investing. Although it does handle some cross-border mandates, the team remains best-known for its UK work, where it is able to lean into ‘first-rate technical knowledge’ across a myriad of insolvency processes, including schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans. Susan Moore, who is a name to note for contentious insolvency matters, rejoined the firm from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath to head the team. Ian Fox has ‘tremendous experience in high-profile and demanding cases’. Tessa Blank is noted for her contentious work in the private sector as well as for government entities. Of the more junior members of the team, recently promoted partner Luci Mitchell-Fry has deep and broad knowledge, including on schemes and restructuring plans with a cross-border element, while the ‘very bright and hardworking’ Jonathan Sears excels in handling contentious matters, including for office holders and creditors.