Jonny Woods

Partner

Areas of Focus

Jonny Woods

Partner

jonny.woods@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Represents creditors on complex cross-border restructurings and special situations
  • Experience advising on transactions and matters across various industries and jurisdictions.

Jonny represents bondholders, noteholders and a broad array of financial institutions on complex cross-border restructurings, insolvencies, special situations and workouts. He has advised on some of the most significant financial restructurings in the market.

His experience spans sectors, including financial services, industrial, technology, telecommunications, metals and mining.

Representative Work
  • Atalian SAS: Counsel to the ad hoc group of bondholders of the French-headquartered services business in connection with its restructuring transactions.
  • First Brands Group: Counsel to the leading supplier of aftermarket automotive parts on its $10 billion+ restructuring across over 30 jurisdictions.
  • Vialto Partners: Counsel to the CD&R portfolio company, on its recapitalisation and refinancing of its debt facilities.
  • Digicel: Counsel to the ad hoc group of bondholders of the Caribbean mobile phone operator in relation to the Group’s balance sheet restructuring, implemented through a scheme of arrangement in Bermuda.
  • Nordic Aviation Capital: Counsel to the ad hoc group of lenders to the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor in relation to its restructuring by way of chapter 11 proceedings.
  • Hesley Group: Counsel to Antin Infrastructure Partners on the refinancing of the Group’s senior facilities.
  • Dream Cruises Holdings: Counsel to a consortium of minority equity investors in the major Asia-based cruise operator, advising on its multi-jurisdictional restructuring and recapitalisation, alongside that of its parent company, Genting Hong Kong Limited.
  • Ferroglobe: Counsel to the ad hoc group of bondholders of the UK-based specialty metals producer, in relation to the Group’s financial restructuring.
  • Interserve: Counsel to the bank lender group on the restructuring of the UK-based support services and construction company.
  • Galapagos Group: Counsel to the ad hoc group of senior bondholders of the German industrials business, on the restructuring of the Group implemented via a distressed disposal through Luxembourg share pledge enforcement.
  • Noble Group: Counsel to the ad hoc group of senior creditors on the Group’s new financing and debt-for-equity swap, involving parallel schemes of arrangement in the UK and Bermuda and a “light tough” Bermuda provisional liquidation.

 List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Education
  • L.P.C., University of Law, London, 2013

  • G.D.L.P., University of Law, London, 2012

  • B.A., University of Oxford, 2011

Bar Admissions
  • Solicitor, England and Wales

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