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Jonathan Dunkley
Work Department
Restructuring and insolvency
Position
Jonathan leads the London Restructuring and Insolvency Team of Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP.
He is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience advising on non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters, acting for a range of stakeholders at each stage of the business distress curve including lenders, insolvency practitioners and boards of directors.
Jonathan’s practice includes advising:
- Boards of directors on their duties in circumstances of financial distress and the restructuring options available to them
- Insolvency practitioners and acquirers on business and asset sales via formal insolvency processes
- Lenders on security enhancement and enforcement options.
Jonathan has undertaken work in a broad range of sectors including energy, care homes, casual dining, retail and manufacturing.
Career
Qualified, 2009; associate, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP, 2009; associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP, 2016; senior associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP, 2017; managing associate, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, 2019; partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, 2021.
Memberships
R3 (full member)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
The ‘very commercial‘ team at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP has ‘great expertise in the mid-market’ for a range of stakeholders across a myriad of restructuring mandates and formal insolvency instructions. The relatively recent arrival of Alan Bennett from Ashfords LLP has enhanced the team’s capabilities for contentious matters and cross-border restructurings, with Bennett noted for his ‘uncannily accurate litigation judgement’. London team head Jonathan Dunkley is ‘a very well-organised insolvency partner’ who has recently advised the boards of numerous energy companies on the implementation of the supplier of last resort process.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Health and safety
- Transport > Rail
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Public sector > Local government
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency