Focuses on complex, cross-border financial restructuring and special situations financing.
Recognized for restructuring and insolvency by Chambers UK and as a Rising Star by IFLR1000.
Jacquie is a London-based partner on Akin’s financial restructuring team. She focuses on large, complex, cross-border restructurings and special situations financings.
Jacquie advises a wide range of clients, including par and secondary investors, banks, creditor and noteholder committees, as well as distressed corporates and sponsor portfolio companies. She has extensive experience on a range of restructuring processes, and works across a variety of industries and geographies; acting on some of the most complex transactions in the market.
In special situations financings, Jacquie brings a restructuring lens to lending transactions—analyzing lending structures with an eye toward downside protection, and developing structures that focus on preserving the ability of creditors to act quickly and access the core value within the borrower group.
Representative Work
Southern Water: Counsel to the ad hoc group of certain senior creditors of Southern Water, a water and wastewater service provider to Southern parts of the UK.
Ardagh Group: Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders of Ardagh Group, a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal packaging products. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
Constellation Auto: Counsel to the majority preference shareholders in the comprehensive recapitalisation of Constellation Automotive Group, the largest vertically integrated digital car marketplace in Europe.
Consolis: Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders and lenders on the comprehensive restructuring of the Consolis Group, a European leader in precast concrete solutions.
iQera: Counsel to an ad hoc group of RCF lenders in the restructuring, through French sauvegarde proceedings, of iQera, a leader in the acquisition and management of loans.
Wittur: Counsel to the ad hoc group of senior lenders in relation to consensual restructuring of the debt and equity capital structure of certain first lien loans.
Adler: Counsel to the ad hoc group of holders of certain German-law bonds in relation to the amendment of certain terms through an English Restructuring plan.
Avanti: Counsel to the Avanti group, a U.K.-based satellite operator, in connection with its debt and equity capital restructuring implemented through linked prepackaged administration sales.
intu Debenture: Counsel to the ad hoc group of holders of certain debenture stock issued by intu Debenture plc on the debt and equity capital restructuring and sale out of administration.
Codere: Counsel to the ad hoc group of holders of notes issued by certain subsidiaries within the Codere group on the amend and extend transaction and new money injection, implemented through an English scheme of arrangement, and subsequent debt-for equity swap implemented through a Luxembourg share pledge enforcement and consent solicitation.
A distressed real estate group: Counsel to a special situations lender in connection with a complex new money facility, provided to a real estate group in the context of a group-wide restructuring.
Ziton: Counsel to a lead creditor to the Ziton group on its full debt and equity capital restructuring in the Nordic market.
Quant: Counsel to a lead creditor to the Quent group on its full debt and equity capital restructuring in the Nordic market.
Flint: Counsel to the Flint group, a European packaging group, in connection with its maturity extension and covenant reset implemented through an English scheme of arrangement.
Britax: Counsel to certain lead creditors of the Britax group in connection with its full debt and equity capital restructuring, including new money injection, implemented through a US Article 9 enforcement.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.