Tom Bannister
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Restructuring/Insolvency
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+44 (0)20 7661 5319Share profile
Band 5
About
Provided by Tom Bannister
Practice Areas
Tom Bannister is a partner in Akin's financial restructuring group. He focuses his practice on cross-border financial restructurings and workouts. Tom represents a broad range of institutional and distressed investors. His clients include private placement noteholders, senior secured noteholders, syndicated lenders, senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, ad hoc committees and official committees of unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings.
Professional Memberships
Member, ACIC Communications Committee.
Publications
Annual UK Chapter for PLC’s Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook from 2007 to 2021.
Personal
BVC, Inns of Court School of Law, 1993; PGDL, The College of Law, London, 1992; B.A., University of Oxford, 1989.
Chambers Review
UK
Tom Bannister has an active restructuring and insolvency practice that sees him regularly advise institutional and distressed investors on cross-border financial workouts and restructurings. He is also experienced in assisting clients with private placement matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tom always provides superb restructuring advice in the most difficult and complex situations."
"Tom Bannister is a great restructuring attorney. He is exceptionally helpful and insightful."
"Tom always provides superb restructuring advice in the most difficult and complex situations."
"Tom Bannister is a great restructuring attorney. He is exceptionally helpful and insightful."