Luci Mitchell-Fry > Dentons > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
ONE FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7WS
England
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Work Department

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Luci has extensive experience of managing complex and challenging domestic and international corporate insolvencies and restructurings, as well as major commercial disputes and investigations arising in the context of formal insolvencies.

Her advisory practice spans the full spectrum from consensual restructuring to formal insolvency, including contingency planning (enforcement options, COMI shifts and managing counterparty risk), the use of restructuring tools (e.g. schemes of arrangement and CVAs), insolvency appointments, pre-packs and trading insolvencies, and strategic advice to stakeholders (with a particular focus on directors/officers of distressed corporates).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Luci has been engaged in providing complex, technical and bespoke advice to boards of directors of stressed and distressed companies across a wide range of sectors and has advised confidential high-profile clients on matters relating to their response to the ongoing pandemic, particularly in the retail, international aviation, energy and rail sectors.

Recently, Luci advised Hurricane Energy Plc, the AIM-listed oil exploration and exploitation company, on its ground-breaking proposed restructuring plan with bondholders. Other notable matters include British Steel, where Luci led the cross-departmental team assisting Network Rail with contingency planning and providing strategic advice, and several confidential matters in the rail franchising arena where Luci provided complex technical and bespoke board level advice to distressed corporates, frequently in situations of strategic significance and/or with a political dimension.

Memberships

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

Nottingham Law School, 1999

Cambridge University, 1998, LL.M.

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.