Iain White
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Iain White
Practice Areas
Iain White is a versatile lawyer with broad experience of domestic and cross border restructurings and formal insolvencies.
Iain acts both on the creditor-side (for banks, funds and other lending institutions) and on the debtor-side (for borrowers, issuers and private equity sponsors) as well as advising insolvency officeholders. In recent years Iain has advised clients across a number of different jurisdictions and sectors, including commodities, energy, media, manufacturing, data services and real estate.
Career
Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA, Law) 1997
Joined Clifford Chance 1999
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2001
Secondment to Barclays (Credit Restructuring Group) 2005
Partner since 2009
Chambers Review
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Iain White has a broad practice with experience advising creditors, debtors and officeholders on cross-border restructurings. His work spans a range of sectors including manufacturing, retail and energy.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Iain is an excellent operator,a calming and experienced presence whatever the situation and a general fixer who gets things done.He is strong at breaking down the most difficult of situations."
"Iain provides tailored, strategic advice, which he's capable of doing because he draws on many years of experience."
"He's able to get to the heart of a matter with incredible alacrity."
"Iain is an excellent operator,a calming and experienced presence whatever the situation and a general fixer who gets things done.He is strong at breaking down the most difficult of situations."
"Iain provides tailored, strategic advice, which he's capable of doing because he draws on many years of experience."
"He's able to get to the heart of a matter with incredible alacrity."