Graham Lane
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Graham Lane
Practice Areas
Graham Lane is a partner in the Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department and Co-Chair of the European Restructuring Group. He advises stakeholders in all types of restructuring and insolvency matters, with a particular focus on complex cross-border projects.
Graham is frequently called upon to: (i) act for par and distressed investors in both "yield" and "loan to own" scenarios; (ii) act for large multinational debtor groups in the negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex and frequently hostile restructuring transactions; (iii) act for private equity and venture capital investors seeking to capitalise on restructuring opportunities and to protect and optimise existing investments; and (iv) provide advice and guidance for insolvency practitioners, particularly in connection with novel and ground-breaking issues arising from "COMI shifts" and pre-packaged administrations.
Graham has gained extensive experience from playing key roles in some of the largest and most noteworthy market-leading restructurings of the last decade, including Intu, Lecta, Europcar, Agrokor, Premier Oil, Travelodge, Klöckner Pentaplast, MF Global and European Directories. He is also known for his broad experience in the French market having been involved in CGG, Vivarte, Latécoère, Eurotunnel and other significant French restructurings.
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Chambers Review
Europe
Co-chair of the European restructuring group at Willkie Farr, Graham Lane has considerable expertise in advising on complex cross-border restructurings. He regularly advises distressed investors and hedge funds in addition to private equity investors and insolvency practitioners, among other clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Graham is a fantastic lawyer. He is very knowledgeable and deals with situations in a very calm and relaxed way."
"Graham has a wealth of experience and is very value-added. He has done a great job of building out a team of associates that he trusts and can defer to them on specialty matters."
"Graham Lane is very good to work with. He is very responsive, hard-working and effective."
"Graham is a fantastic lawyer. He is very knowledgeable and deals with situations in a very calm and relaxed way."
"Graham has a wealth of experience and is very value-added. He has done a great job of building out a team of associates that he trusts and can defer to them on specialty matters."
"Graham Lane is very good to work with. He is very responsive, hard-working and effective."