Liability Management the European Way - Highlighting Established Pathways and Challenging Preconceptions

Alastair Gillespie joined Covenant Review in 2020 from the London office of Milbank LLP, and is a graduate of Yale University and the McGill University Faculty of Law. Alastair is a New York securities lawyer with a decade of experience representing issuers and underwriters in the London and New York high yield and leveraged finance markets, and has completed secondments to the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs and the legal department of J.P. Morgan. Prior to his legal career Alastair served as an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. He is also the author of The Confederation Series, a history of five founders of modern Canada, for which he received the Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal in 2017.

Brian J. Lohan is Head of the US Restructuring & Insolvency practice. His work focuses on all aspects of corporate reorganizations, distressed situations and bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Brian has represented Chapter 11 debtors, noteholders, bondholders, senior lenders Official Creditor Committees and other creditor constituencies or interested parties in domestic and cross-border matters.

Neil Cavanagh is a partner in Clifford Chance's Banking Group in London. His practice is primarily focused on acting for an array of international financial investors on leveraged and infrastructure financings and has extensive experience advising sponsors, private credit providers and bank lenders and on domestic and international cross border financings.
Neil has spent time on client secondments with CVC Capital Markets, HSBC and Barclays

Andrew Young is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Global Financial Markets practice. He advises financial investors and other stakeholders on all aspects of debt finance transactions across all capital structures and sectors. Andrew regularly counsels lenders on complex private credit and leveraged finance matters, which often draws on his expertise on cross-border financings, asset-based loans, acquisition finance, special situations, hybrid capital, private placements, and financings in the tech, insurance, entertainment, gaming, home building, services and LatAm spaces. Andrew also advises clients in respect of structured equity investments, equity kickers, intercreditor arrangements, and work-outs.

Ilse van Gasteren is a partner in Clifford Chance's Global Financial Markets practice in Amsterdam and co-Head the European Restructuring and Insolvency Group. She specialises in advising stakeholders in Dutch and cross-border restructurings & insolvencies. Ilse is also author of various articles for legal journals on, amongst other topics, Dutch Schemes (WHOA), LMA Facilities Agreements and Dutch “Pre-Packs”, and member of the editorial board of the legal journal FIP (Sdu).
Ilse is chair of diversity & inclusion committee of Clifford Chance Amsterdam. She is also a regular speaker at conferences including Debtwire Benelux Forum, Clifford Chance Perspectives Series and Clifford Chance Academy courses, and teacher of post-academic courses in financings and R&I (Grotius).

Stefanie Ferring is a partner in Clifford Chance's Global Financial Markets practice in Luxembourg. She specialises in insolvency and restructuring matters, with a focus on cross-border financial restructurings and restructuring work involving real estate portfolios. Stefanie's expertise in restructuring and insolvency (R&I) mandates, including collateral enforcement, is widely acknowledged. She has also broad experience in national and cross-border banking and finance work, including, in particular all lending activities and real estate finance.
Stefanie is a thought leader in the field, regularly hosting sessions that delve into the latest restructuring trends within Luxembourg. In addition, her leadership extends to her role as the chairwoman of the insolvency working group of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL). Stefanie's plays an instrumental role in establishing and leading the D&I initiatives in the Luxembourg office.

Chris Norman is a Senior Associate in Clifford Chance's Restructuring and Insolvency (R&I) Practice in London. He specialises in advising lenders, shareholders, borrowers, insolvency officeholders and other stakeholders in relation to restructurings and insolvency related matters, with a particular focus on cross border restructurings. Chris has extensive experience advising on the restructuring of complex capital structures, particularly in Europe and Africa.
Chris is the author of various articles for legal journals and thought leadership pieces and regularly presents to market participants on topical restructuring and insolvency developments. He is a member of the LMA and INSOL.