Jonathan Richards > DLA Piper > London, England > Lawyer Profile

With a sizeable London and regional presence, as well as benefitting from experts spread throughout the firm’s global network of offices, the ‘highly approachable and hardworking’ team at DLA Piper is ‘able to resource matters appropriately’ for officeholders, creditors and debtors in both domestic and multi-jurisdictional restructurings and insolvencies. The firm has been engaged in a number of restructuring plan workouts, with David Manson promoting their use for both domestic debtors and foreign entities after establishing the necessary jurisdictional nexus. Manson also excels at more transactional special situations mandates. For contentious matters, Chris Parker brings ‘commercial acumen and gravitas’ to bear for clients in regulated sectors and excels in handling complex cross-border fraud and asset recovery matters for office holders. Team head Jonathan Richards is particularly adept at handling private equity-related restructurings, including debtor work for portfolio companies. Tim Dawson and David Ampaw are also recommended.