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Susan Moore

Partner

Susan Moore

Partner

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Sue leads, and is a partner in, the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice.

Sue has vast experience in advising on complex and high-profile cross-border and domestic restructurings and insolvencies, as well as associated litigation. She has led and been involved in many of the cases that have shaped the legal landscape and market, and continues to feature on market-leading mandates. In so doing, she has been responsible for devising, negotiating and implementing restructuring solutions in a wide range of matters, often involving large numbers of stakeholders. Her litigation credentials are first class – she has designed litigation strategies and then implemented such strategies, and has secured numerous important successes for clients on many high-profile cases.

She acts for all types of stakeholders and her experience spans numerous jurisdictions including the UK, many offshore jurisdictions, Europe, Asia and North America. Her practice also crosses many sectors, having dealt with notable restructurings and insolvencies in the financial services, manufacturing, tech, energy, real estate, retail, leisure, shipping, rail, automotive and aviation sectors.

Sue is listed in the International Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Restructuring & Insolvency 2023, as well as the International Who's Who of Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers from 2014 to date, and is recognized as a leading individual in other legal directories. She has also been featured in The Lawyer's Hot 100 and GRR's Women in Restructuring, and is a former member of the Insolvency Rules Committee, a body that gives recommendations to the UK Lord Chancellor in connection with secondary insolvency legislation.

According to quotes provided by clients to these legal directories, Sue forges "novel solutions to difficult issues", has "strong tactical instincts", is "intelligent, articulate and shrewd" and her "advice is consistently concise and thoughtful, and conveys authority".

In addition, she is Co-Chair of the award-winning Mentoring Program for the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation in London. In this role, Sue has developed and runs a mentoring program to foster career development and create networking opportunities for women in the insolvency and restructuring professions.

Sue has chaired and spoken at a variety of conferences on cross-border restructuring and insolvency issues.

Experience

Korean distressed debt fund: Advising on the acquisition of the senior debt in respect of a landmark property in the City of London and the subsequent restructuring.
Administrators of Greensill Capital (UK) Limited: Advising on litigation to resolve issues in connection with various proprietary and security issues asserted by certain major creditors.
Administrators of Russian bank: Following the administration of this UK subsidiary of a Russian bank as a result of the imposition of sanctions in 2022, advising on certain potential litigation.
Danish shipping group: Advising on UK aspects of its major cross-border financial restructuring, and devising restructuring strategies to optimize use of restructuring tools across jurisdictions.
Bermudian provisional liquidators of segregated cell company: Advising on litigation strategies and various investigations.
Administrators of Babylon Health: Advising pre- and post-administration in connection with a range of issues associated with the proposed restructuring of the group and on the ultimate pre-packs of the main two UK trading entities.
Ad hoc group of lenders on Cineworld restructuring: Advising in respect of the restructuring of the Cineworld group of companies through US Chapter 11 proceedings and complementary UK administration proceedings.
BVI liquidators of Peak Hotels & Resorts Limited: Advising on the recognition of the liquidation in England and significant litigation, generating numerous first instance decisions, four Court of Appeal decisions and one Supreme Court decision. The case has resulted in some important jurisprudence including a leading Court of Appeal decision on s.245 of the Insolvency Act, a Court of Appeal authority on the charging of success fees by solicitors and a Supreme Court decision on solicitors' liens.
Company in financial services sector: Advising, devising2 and leading on a groundbreaking major scheme of arrangement to resolve alleged mis-selling liabilities, which utilized an orphan trust structure and involved 2 million consumers, 11 banks and various regulatory authorities.
Board of directors of a major food company: Advising on directors' duties issues throughout the successful restructuring of the business.
Major airline: Advising on this international group's options and strategy for significant cross-border restructuring in light of its financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic including the first application for recognition in England of French conciliation proceedings.
Redress scheme administrators: Advising the scheme administrators in respect of the redress scheme put in place by a major supermarket chain to compensate investors following the regulator's market abuse determination in respect of false accounting.
Former officeholders of the Rhino group of companies: Advising on the high-profile litigation against the former administrators, resulting in the successful Court of Appeal decision striking out the claims.
Board of directors of significant investment fund: Advising the board in light of potential financial distress arising by reason of adverse litigation.
Norske Skog group: Advising the Norwegian official receiver of companies in the Norske Skog group on a variety of English law matters arising out of what is the largest corporate insolvency to date in Norway.
Administrators of Toys "R" Us: Advising the English administrators on a range of matters, including issues arising from aspects of the Chapter 11 proceedings, pension-related matters and significant litigation in England concerning the validity of security entered into following the commencement of the Chapter 11 proceedings.
Major creditor to an airline group: Advising on the restructuring plan proposed by an international airline group.
Former officeholder of Patisserie Valerie group: Advising on various issues, including litigation, arising from the administrations resulting in an important judgment on procedural defects upon appointment of administrators.
Winsway Enterprises Limited: Advising this Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed company, with trading operations in the People's Republic of China and globally, on its major restructuring through parallel Hong Kong and BVI schemes of arrangement, and Chapter 15 proceedings. The deal was shortlisted for Restructuring Deal of the Year at the British Legal Awards and won Global Restructuring Review's award for the "Most Important Recognition Decision".
Major corporate in infrastructure sector: Advising major Ukrainian-based group of companies on the major financial cross-border restructuring, involving bank and bond debt.
Lending syndicate to Pan Ocean: Advising a syndicate of lenders in connection with English litigation arising from the Korean rehabilitation proceedings in respect of the shipping group Pan Ocean Co Limited, resulting in one of the leading decisions on the Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.
Security trustee in respect of Blackmore Bond Plc: Advising in connection with the retail mini-bonds issued by this insolvent property company on a wide range of issues.
Board of directors of casual dining chain: Advising the board in light of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Administrators of Angel Group: Advising the administrators of Angel Group Limited and its subsidiaries in connection with significant litigation against them.
Various insolvency practitioners and financial advisors: Advising on a wide range of legal and regulatory risk issues, requests for the delivery of records, and litigation leading to a variety of published judgments.
Asian airline group: Advising on restructuring options in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liquidator of collapsed Latvian bank: Advising the insolvency officeholder of one of the largest Latvian banks, which was placed into liquidation by the regulator in Latvia due to major fraud, and advising on litigation strategies to address different targets across several jurisdictions.
Bank creditor on insolvency in offshore sector: Advising the largest bank creditor on the insolvency of a major group of companies, involving numerous cross-border issues.
Numerous confidential restructurings: Advising on many confidential restructurings in a variety of sectors, often including contingency planning.
Pension Protection Fund in respect of Monarch Airlines: Advising on the large 2014 restructuring in connection with the substantial pension deficit, and then advising on the 2017 insolvencies.
Pension Protection Fund in respect of British Home Stores: Advising on the attempted restructuring via CVAs and then on the administration.
Thomson Directories: Advising the company on its attempts to restructure including in connection with its pension deficit, and then advising the administrators on the pre-pack and a variety of other issues.
Security trustee of notes issued by high street bank: Advising the trustee of the issues of notes affected by a liability management exercise, including an exchange offer and consent solicitation and a scheme of arrangement.
Consortium members of Metronet Rail: Advising on a diverse range of issues in connection with the first PPP administrations of this company which was responsible for the maintenance of the London tube.
Liquidator of Navigator/Cambridge Gas Transport: Advising the liquidator of the Manx companies in the restructuring, involving Chapter 11 proceedings and liquidation proceedings in the Isle of Man, which gave rise to one of the most recognized important judgments on cross-border restructuring.
Security trustee in respect of offshore based group: Advising on enforcement actions in offshore jurisdictions and litigation strategies to recover underlying noteholders' funds.
Administrators of Federal Mogul/T&N: Advising the administrators on this major and lengthy cross-border restructuring, which involved parallel US Chapter 11 and administration proceedings in respect of 133 companies; the case gave rise to numerous important judgments, including in respect of inter-court protocols, insurance-related litigation, schemes of arrangement and on inter-court communications, and was nominated for Restructuring Deal of the Year in The Lawyer Awards.
Bermudian provisional liquidators of the Global Crossing Group: Advising on this major cross-border restructuring, involving groundbreaking protocols between the US and Bermudian courts, culminating in a restructuring via parallel Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and Bermudian schemes of arrangement.
Secured creditor, provisional liquidators and administrators of the Cenargo Group: Advising on options including on the landmark jurisdictional dispute between the US and the UK courts, and on the restructuring through a debt for equity swap with noteholders. The case shaped inter-court communications, involving the first ever telephone call between an English High Court Judge and a US Bankruptcy Court Judge.
Major stakeholder in Bridgewater Paper Company: Advising owner of power plant in light of the UK administration proceedings in respect of this company which operated the plant, and in light of the parallel US Chapter 11 and Canadian CCAA proceedings in respect of the company's parent and other members of the Abitibi group.
Security trustee in respect of UK telecoms company: Advising in connection with the restructuring via schemes of arrangement.

Recognition

Listed in the International Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Restructuring & Insolvency 2023
Listed in the International Who's Who of Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers from 2014 to date

Honors and Awards

Diversity and Inclusion Champion at the Insolvency Practitioner Association Awards 2023, for Co-Chairing IWIRC London's Mentoring Program
Global Restructuring Review's award for "Most Important Recognition Decision" for the Winsway restructuring

Insights

Co-author, "More storms to come? Navigating regulatory settlement, redress and litigation," December 18, 2024
Co-author, "New EU Directive could lead to a profusion of class actions," The Banker, April 12, 2023
"Schemes of Arrangement – class composition (Veon Holdings BV)," Lexis PSL, February 22, 2023
"Redress Through Restructuring: Where Now?," Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, August 4, 2022
"International Forum Selection, Post-COVID: Which Way Now?," American Bankruptcy Institute, July 9, 2021
"Cars, Travel and the Media: the Ramifications of Disruption for Restructuring," INSOL World, May 2019

Activities and Affiliations

Co-chair of the Mentoring "Realise Your Potential" Program for the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation in London
Steering Committee member for the Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, London

Presentations

Presenter, "Operational Resilience: planning for the Next Upheavals," webinar, September 2023
Presenter, "Mentoring 'Realise Your Potential' Programme," IWIRC Leadership Summit, August 2023
Presenter, "Corporate Insolvency Panel," Thought Leaders' Corporate Disputes Conference, November 2022
Presenter, "Restructuring Amid Crisis," GRR Women in Restructuring, June 2022
Presenter, "Mitigating Risk and Resolving Disputes," webinar, June 2022
Presenter, "Fasten your seatbelt or waiting for Godot? Are you ready for distressed and insolvency deals to take off?," IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference, April 2022
Co-Chair "GRR Live London," GRR Live London, 2018
Chair, "London Restructuring & Insolvency Seminar – The banks' legal and tactical positions in Chapter 11 and Schemes: a Norwegian perspective," Norwegian banks and legal market conference, London, January 2018

Memberships

Member of UK Insolvency Lawyers Association
Member of INSOL Europe
Member of International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, London
Former member of the Insolvency Rules Committee