PwC LLP fields a large international business reorganisations team, with Georgie Blyth and Cynthia Chan at the helm. It is well versed in carve-outs, separations, spin-offs and post-deal integrations for high-profile domestic and international clients. Blyth is recommended for cross-border restructurings and compliance, and Chan has 25 years’ experience of advising FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies on global reorganisations. Kevin King is a name for restructuring and transactional matters in the financial services sector, and Latika Sharma is a key name for IP matters relating to international reorganisations. Laura Freestone is qualified in Scotland and is experienced in debt and share restructurings, and cross-border M&A, while Harry Wilkins deals with pre-deal carve-outs and post-deal integrations. Rebecca Boyers often acts for US and Asian clients on cross-border reorganisations and rationalisations. In April 2022, Jessica Bell joined as senior manager from Baker McKenzie and in May, Keith Bottomley left for an in-house role.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'International reach combined with local expertise and integration with other PwC advisory services.'
- 'The team are able to grasp difficult concepts from multiple jurisdictions and work through how they interact, presenting a single coherent position to the client, providing clarity and guidance in often very short time frames.'
- 'Georgie Blythe heads up the team that I work with and is outstanding. He is responsive, very down to earth and just a pleasure to work with.'
- 'It's an impressively diverse team, led by strong partners, highly responsive and with excellent technical knowledge.'
- 'The ability to draw on skills from the wider firm's tax, regulatory and finance expertise is a real plus.'
- 'Laura Freestone - practical, sharp and with comprehensive technical knowledge. Efficient and easy to deal with.'
- 'Have the ability to pull together complex multinational transactions with strong coordination between lawyers and tax specialists.'
- 'Georgie Blyth and Rebecca Boyers have a very good understanding of the structure of our complex business and work in a practical way to resolve issues.'
Key clients
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance CO., LTD
- Brookfield Asset Management
- ESAB Corporation
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Hyve Group plc
- Light & Wonder, Inc
- Livent Corporation
- Mott MacDonald Group Limited
- Punch Tavern Limited
- Resideo Technologies, Inc.
- TD SYNNEX Corporation
- Tesco Plc
- The Blackstone Group
Work highlights
- Appointed as lead EMEA corporate restructuring legal advisers for Honeywell International, advising on numerous international business reorganisation projects and related matters.
- Acting for US-listed company Light & Wonder on a range of cross-border and international corporate legal transactions.
- Designed and implemented an innovative market-leading legal entity rationalisation solution for Punch Tavern.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Georgie Blyth, Cynthia Chan