James Terry
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 1
About
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Practice Areas
James Terry is a partner in Akin's financial restructuring group. He practices in the areas of cross-border and domestic financial restructuring, workouts and insolvency, and advises clients in relation to strategic and legal issues concerning their distressed debt and special situations investments. James has broad knowledge in a range of different business sectors including telecommunications, packaging, paper, transport, mining, automotive, energy and power. James is known as the leading practitioner in the London market for Norwegian and other Scandinavian restructurings, as well as restructurings in the offshore, oil and gas and shipping sectors. His clients include hedge funds, bondholders, institutional lenders, secondary market investors and creditor committees.
Personal
L.P.C., The College of Law, Chester, 1994; LL.B., University of Leeds, 1993.
Chambers Review
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James Terry is co-head of the financial restructuring department and regularly acts for an enviable client base, which includes bondholders, institutional lenders and hedge funds. He is particularly noted for his niche expertise in cross-jurisdictional restructuring matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James Terry operates at the highest level. He is a lawyer you want on your side of the table in difficult negotiations."
"James is very strong commercially and is reassuringly calm in front of clients."
"James is extremely commercial and very strategic, and is particularly strong in complex, multi-layered restructuring situations."
"James Terry operates at the highest level. He is a lawyer you want on your side of the table in difficult negotiations."
"James is very strong commercially and is reassuringly calm in front of clients."
"James is extremely commercial and very strategic, and is particularly strong in complex, multi-layered restructuring situations."
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