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James Maltby
Partner Corporate & Finance
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English
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Chambers and Partners UK 2025, Restructuring/Insolvency"James is a good lawyer who focuses on the important issues."
James Maltby is a partner in the London Restructuring & Special Situations team. He advises banks, bondholders and corporates on multi-stakeholder restructurings, in both cross-border and domestic situations. James also advises investment banks and funds on their distressed or special situation investing and debt trading generally.
James has significant experience of contingency planning work, enforcement strategies and both consensual and non-consensual restructuring solutions including schemes of arrangement and company voluntary arrangements. He also advises administrators on pre-packaged administration sales and trading insolvencies.
Chambers and Partners UK 2025, Restructuring/Insolvency"James is outstanding on high-profile restructurings."
Representative experience
Advising the lenders on a debt restructuring and material equity stake (delivered through an enforcement) in pan-European pharmaceutical business, Famar Group
Advising the senior lender syndicate on the restructuring of facilities to and subsequent administration of major wholesale and distribution business, Palmer & Harvey
Advising lenders on the restructuring and sale through administration of listed drinks wholesaler, Convivality plc
Advising lenders on the CVA and sale of restaurant chain, Gaucho
Advising the ad hoc committee of bondholders on the DIP financing and restructuring of Agrokor, a Croatian food producer/retailer
Advising the senior noteholder committee in the restructuring of Mriya Agro, a Ukrainian agricultural business
Acting for the liquidity facility and swap providers on the restructuring of a £1bn ground rent securitisation
Acting for the vendor on the sale of a portfolio of c.EUR5bn face value UK and Irish commercial real estate loans comprising 1000+ assets
Advising a debt fund on their participation in a new money injection into the restructuring of Spanish renewables giant, Abengoa
Advising the senior syndicate of lenders to Peacocks and Bon Marche and acting for the administrators on the subsequent trading administration and sale of over 900 stores
Advising lenders on the restructuring of facilities to Parabis / Plexus Law and subsequently the administrators on the pre-packaged sale of the firm
Advising FTI as joint administrators of the 2e2 Group
Advising the lenders on the restructuring of facilities provided to the UK's largest privately owned construction group
Advising lenders on the restructuring of facilities to the David Lloyd leisure group
Advising the co-ordinating committee on the restructuring and sale of Hampson Industries PLC
Advising a pan-European syndicate of lenders on the restructuring of facilities provided to part of the InterContinental Hotel group
Advising distressed and special situation investors on the acquisition, restructuring and enforcement of NPLs
Credentials
Education
- M.A., University of Cambridge
Recognition
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15 July 2022
Press releases
09 May 2022