Drawing upon the firm’s overarching asset management expertise, the ‘accessible and user-friendly’ team at Simmons & Simmons handles a wide a range of restructuring and insolvency work for debtors, creditors and investors. Team head Ben Jones has excellent knowledge across restructurings and black letter insolvency law, regularly picking up work for administrators, boards and corporates including in the real estate sector. He is also active on the special situations front, as is the ’proactive and dynamic’ Tina Lockwood, with both effectively able to draw upon the firm’s overarching strength advising hedge and debt funds, in particular. Lockwood also excels at handling insolvencies within the financial services sector. The team was also strengthened by the arrival in January 2025 of Kay Morley-Evans from Dechert LLP.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team is accessible and user friendly.'
- 'The team at Simmons & Simmons is very accessible and attentive and has shown extensive technical knowledge and resilience while adopting a very collaborative approach.'
- 'Tina Lockwood is proactive and dynamic.'
Key clients
- Monneo Ltd
- FRP Advisory Trading Limited
- Ted Baker – Luxury Fashion
- Grant Thornton (UK) LLP
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Ben Jones
Other key lawyers
Tina Lockwood; Kay Morley-Evans; Kirsten Kitt; Alexander Thavenot