Fried Frank announced that Geoff O’Dea will join the firm as a partner in the Restructuring Department in London. He will join from Goodwin Procter.

O’Dea’s clients include private equity, family office and special situations investors, direct lenders, banks, security agents, insolvency practitioners, corporations, boards and independent directors. His practice primarily focuses on advising clients on restructuring and insolvency, acquisition and complicated financings. O’Dea is also the editor and primary author of a leading textbook on restructuring and insolvency law.

“Geoff’s impressive experience in advising stakeholders on restructurings and in finance transactions will further strengthen Fried Frank’s offerings for our clients in Europe and beyond,” said Steven Epstein, Fried Frank’s managing partner and co-head of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity Practice. “We are thrilled to have Geoff join the firm in London as we continue to grow our global restructuring department.”

“Geoff is a highly skilled and seasoned restructuring attorney and a key addition to our global restructuring practice,” said Rachel C. Strickland, global chair of Fried Frank’s Restructuring Department. “Geoff will be integral to helping our clients navigate complex cross-border and UK restructurings.”

“Geoff is a terrific addition to our team of skilled corporate and transactional advisors in London,” added Ashar Qureshi, managing partner of Fried Frank’s London office. “We look forward to welcoming him to our growing London office.”

Fried Frank is expanding its London office space at 100 Bishopsgate in the City of London. This expansion will result in a total of 43,866 contiguous square feet, once completed.

Fried Frank's global Restructuring Department handles complex, high-stakes distressed matters with creativity and efficiency. The practice manages intricate cross-border transactions and leverages the team’s extensive expertise to maximize value from distressed businesses and assets, through both out-of-court restructurings and formal court proceedings. Attorneys in Fried Frank’s global Restructuring Department represent a broad spectrum of clients, including Chapter 11 debtors and investors and strategics who both invest in and acquire distressed businesses. The group leads large and complex transactional assignments and provides counsel to clients with respect to the myriad of insolvency, creditors' rights and commercial law issues that arise in complex corporate and real estate acquisitions, divestitures and financings.

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