Bennett, Tim

Tim Bennett

Knowledge Management Counsel

tim.bennett@lw.com
    Bennett, Tim

    Tim Bennett

    Knowledge Management Counsel

    tim.bennett@lw.com

    Profile

    Tim Bennett is a Knowledge Management Counsel for the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice in the London office of Latham & Watkins, and is a member of the firm’s Finance Department.

    Tim has extensive experience of all aspects of restructuring and insolvency law. He specializes in complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases, and regularly advises funds, banks, debtors, trustees, and insolvency practitioners.

    Prior to joining Latham, Tim practiced in the restructuring and insolvency group at a Magic Circle firm in London for 20 years.

    Experience

    Tim’s experience includes advising:

    • The liquidator and special managers of British Steel in relation to the compulsory winding-up, trading liquidation, and subsequent disposal of the group to the Jingye Group
    • The lenders to the Royal Imtech group in its financial restructuring, rights issue, and subsequent insolvency
    • The lenders in relation to the restructuring and subsequent refinancing and rights issue of Promotora de Informaciones, SA (Prisa), the Spanish and Latam media group
    • The lenders to the Innovation Group on its debt-for-equity swap and financial restructuring
    • The lenders to the Frigoglass group in relation to the restructuring of its financial indebtedness and new money injection
    • The lenders to the Havsnas windfarm project (Sweden) in its financial and operational restructuring 

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • L.P.C., College of Law, Chester
    • CPE, College of Law, Chester

    Practices

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