Mark Fennessy Bankruptcy and Insolvency Lawyer of the Year UK

Firm Profile

Proskauer is a leading international law firm with over 700 lawyers serving clients around the world. The firm has experience in all areas of practice important to businesses and individuals including private investment funds, private equity, corporate finance, mergers and

About Mark Fennessy

Mark Fennessy is a Partner and heads the firm's European Restructuring Group.

Mark has extensive knowledge of, and experience in, all

areas of contentious and non-contentious turnaround and insolvency matters. His particular strengths lie in dealing with multifaceted group collapses and insolvency issues, which are of an international nature.

Mark’s experience includes advising on some of the most complex and innovative global restructuring transactions in the market including the restructuring of the Cheyne Finance, Rhinebridge, Whistlejacket and Sigma Finance, all Structured Investment Vehicles as well as CMBS

Team Profile

Mark heads a group of proven individuals in London with an excellent client following and a high level of technical English law expertise. It has an excellent track record advising on some of the most complex cross-border transactions in both Europe and internationally including market leading restructuring mandates, most recently in relation to MF Global.

The group has a track record of adopting an integrated approach to client service together with other practice areas (including corporate, tax, employment and regulatory) and in developing business opportunities for practitioners in these areas. The group frequently deals with multi-jurisdictional matters involving co-ordination of many legal and financial advisers where necessary.

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transactions. The work on Cheyne Finance led to Mark and the restructuring team receiving the award for "Restructuring of the Year" at the 2009 IFLR awards.

He has had key roles on corporate restructuring mandates such as Polestar and Wind Hellas. Currently Mark is advising several funds in respect of Kodak, Lehman Brothers

International (Europe). Mark

advised the SCC to the Chapter 11 estates of the MF Global Group including MF Global Holdings Ltd and MF Global Finance USA Inc. on all matters, including the insolvency of the UK subsidiaries, together with the realisation of assets from the international subsidiaries of the MF Global Group.

Mark was also a key figure in the Dewey & Contact

Mark Fennessy Partner

Proskauer Rose LLP Ten Bishops Square London E1 6EG

Tel: 020 7539 0600 Fax: 020 7539 0601 Website: www.proskauer.com

39 Areas of Expertise

• Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy

• Financial Services • Real Estate Finance

LeBouef LLP wind-down. Mark, was appointed as a special solicitor manager in view of his insolvency experience (Mark is also a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and an Authorised Fixed Charge Reciever) and co-ordinated the entire European wind-down process of the firm including ensuring that the required filings in the UK and US were synchronised.

acquisitions, general commercial

litigation, corporate governance, internal corporate investigations, white collar criminal defense, patent and intellectual property litigation and prosecution, labour and employment, real estate transactions,

restructuring and

reorganisations, and taxation.

trusts and estates,

Headquartered in New York City since 1875, the firm has offices in London, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, São Paulo, Boston, Boca Raton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Newark and Washington, D.C.

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