Akin Advises on John Wood Group Restructuring

September 23, 2025

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(London) – Akin advised the noteholder group of John Wood Group (“Wood”), a leading British multinational engineering and consulting business, on an amendment and extension of its existing facilities and additional new money facilities in connection with a proposed acquisition of Wood by Sidara Limited.

The Akin team was led by financial restructuring partners Barry Russell, Tom Bannister and Jacqueline Ingram, corporate partner Kevin Gilroy, alongside financial restructuring counsel Hermione Allen, associates Abigail Beardsworth, Matthew Roderick and Tom Hill and corporate associate Sophie Anderson.

Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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