Biography
Natasha Ayres is a Senior Knowledge and Practice Development Counsel in the Restructuring team, based in London. Natasha provides a wide range of advice and support in relation to domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters.
Prior to joining Weil, Natasha was Of Counsel in the restructuring team of another international law firm.
Latest Thinking
Latest Thinking
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Galapagos Group Restructuring Prevails Over Junior Creditor Challenge
Blog Post — Weil European Restructuring Watch
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Neil Devaney,
Matt Benson,
Lois Deasey and
Natasha Ayres
— August 11, 2023
The Galapagos Group has secured comprehensive affirmation of its 2019 debt restructuring (the “Restructuring”) from the English High Court. This decision is a significant step towards resolution of the highly contested restructuring, and provides market participants with further clarity and certainty when it comes to implementing lender-led transactions in future. The key focus of the ...
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SEQUANA: UK Supreme Court Explanation of the “Creditor Duty”
Blog Post — Weil European Restructuring Watch
— By
Andrew J. Wilkinson,
Neil Devaney,
Matt Benson,
Jenny Davidson,
Lois Deasey,
Mark Lawford,
Gemma Sage,
Lindsay Merritt and
Natasha Ayres
— October 05, 2022
Introduction Today, the UK Supreme Court considered for the first time the existence, content and engagement of the so-called “creditor duty”: the alleged duty of a company’s directors to consider, or to act in accordance with, the interests of the company’s creditors when the company becomes insolvent, or when it approaches, or is at real ...