Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Deborah Brown as a partner in its Restructuring and Insolvency Practice in Birmingham. Ms. Brown joins from DLA Piper, where she led the restructuring and insolvency team in the Midlands.
“Deborah’s appointment marks the continued build out of our cross-border restructuring and insolvency services across the UK and Europe,” commented Stephen Lerner, global chair of the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. “Deborah has a strong reputation for her technical ability and commerciality. She brings significant expertise in managing large, complex restructuring assignments that will enhance our capabilities and benefit clients both in the UK and internationally.”
With over 16 years’ experience as a corporate restructuring lawyer, Ms. Brown focuses on all non-contentious aspects of corporate recovery, restructuring and turnaround. She has extensive expertise in successfully advising all major stakeholders in relation to distressed real estate, financial restructures and the disposal and acquisition of distressed businesses and assets. She also works on corporate simplification and divestment matters.
Ms. Brown is the latest partner to join the firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency Practice in the UK, with her former colleague Chris Roberts arriving in Manchester in September.
“We are thrilled that Deborah is joining us. She is well known to us and will be a great fit with our existing team led by Devinder Singh,” added Tom Durrant, managing partner of the Birmingham office. “We see exciting opportunities to build on our strong Restructuring and Insolvency practice by leveraging the relationships that Deborah will bring to the office and the firm. In addition, her appointment and the investment we are making in our Corporate and Financial Services Practices locally and on a global level, makes our transactional service offering even more compelling.”
Ms. Brown said: “The firm’s commitment to enhancing its Restructuring and Insolvency Practice both on a local and global level was a major draw for me, as was its existing credentials in this space. I have been really impressed with the growth ambitions of both the Restructuring and Insolvency team and the Birmingham office. Not to mention the cohesive, collaborative and friendly culture of the firm. I look forward to continuing to support clients through increasingly complex and challenging times and working alongside the firm’s market-leading corporate and financial services teams to develop opportunities for restructuring and insolvency work. I am excited to be joining and playing my part in the firm’s continued growth and success.”
Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring and Insolvency Practices includes more than 130 lawyers across 36 offices in 15 countries. Recent hires include Katie Catanese, formerly Vice Chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice at Foley & Lardner, who joined the firm in New York earlier this month.
