Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP advises on pre-packaged administration sales, distressed property transactions, bank-led refinancing, and structured finance mandates. The team is led by the ‘first class addition’, Barney Smedley, who joined the firm in April 2024 from DLA Piper. Smedley advises financial institutions, investors, insolvency practitioners and boards of directors on a wide range of matters related to corporate and financial restructuring or insolvency. He is supported by the ’detail-oriented’ Connor Atkinson.
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Connor Atkinson; Courtney Lonsdale