AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Liz is recognized as a market-leading lawyer in all of the major legal directories, including in Chambers UK, where she is praised by her clients for being “incredibly capable” and “an efficient and effective practitioner,” with one client noting that “she cuts through matters and has a fierce loyalty and protection to her clients; for her, no problem is insurmountable.” The Legal 500 UK has described Liz as “a world-class practitioner who is highly driven and displays excellent commercial judgement.” IFLR1000 UK has named Liz one of its UK “Women Leaders” (2022) and Diversity Journal has called her one of its “Women Worth Watching in Leadership” (2021). She has also been recognized for several years as “Best in Insolvency & Restructuring” at the Euromoney Europe Women in Business Law Awards as well as the Euromoney Expert Guide: World’s Leading Women in Business Law, Restructuring and Insolvency (2019 to 2022).

EXPERIENCE

Liz’s notable experience has included:

• An ad hoc group of lenders to OQ Chemicals, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of oxo-chemicals
• Fortenova Group, a food producer and retailer in Croatia and the surrounding region, on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure
• Advising a secondary investor on loans made to Altice France
• An ad hoc group of unaffiliated lenders on a potential restructuring or recapitalization of GenesisCare, a global healthcare provider specializing in cancer treatment
• An ad hoc group of convertible noteholders in the $750 million restructuring of Ozon Holdings PLC, Russia’s largest ecommerce platform
• A global alternative investment manager in connection with a special situations loan to a ship building and metal processing company
• HPS Investment Partners in its special situations financing of Havila Kystruten, a Norwegian shipping company
• Sungard Availability Services LP and its affiliated North American entities on the English law aspects of a potential restructuring transaction
• The junior lenders to Avanti, a UK-listed satellite operator, in connection with its restructuring consummated via a prepackaged administration sale
• An ad hoc committee of lenders on the restructuring of a $1.3 million senior secured facility borrowed by Prosafe, the largest and most versatile fleet of semi-submersible accommodation vessels in operation worldwide
• The ad hoc committee of bondholders on the restructuring of $230 million in convertible bonds issued by Hurricane Energy, a UK-based oil exploration and production company focused on naturally fractured basement reservoirs
• The ad hoc committee of bondholderss of Travelex, a foreign exchange company, in connection with the successful restructuring of the Travelex business through multiple pre-pack administration sales and injection of new money
• Fairhold Securitisation Limited in connection with the £1 billion restructuring of its distressed securitization structure