Ruth Butterworth
Associate
ruth.butterworth@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Leveraged Finance
- Financial Restructuring
Biography
- Advises on a broad range of cross border financing and restructuring transactions.
Ruth is an associate in the corporate finance group. She has experience in financing and cross-border debt restructuring transactions, with a focus on direct lending, private placements, financial restructurings, fund financing, leveraged finance and acquisition finance.
Prior to qualifying, Ruth completed a secondment to a London-based hedge fund.
Representative Work
- Advising holders of private placement notes issued by Nordic Aviation Company 29, an aircraft leasing business, in respect of a chapter 11 restructuring.
- Representing noteholders in a number of UK and cross-border private placement transactions.
- Representing lenders in a number of UK and cross-border direct lending transactions.
- Representing lenders and borrowers in a number of UK and cross-border fund financing transactions.
EducationLL.M., University of Law, London, 2020
GDL, University of Law, London, 2019
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, University College, London, 2018
LL.M., University of Law, London, 2020
GDL, University of Law, London, 2019
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, University College, London, 2018
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