Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Yen Sum and Jennifer Brennan have joined the London office as partners in the Finance Department. Highly regarded in their field, their practices focus on advising creditors, hedge funds, asset managers, and debtors on a variety of complex restructurings and special situations, and they regularly represent credit funds on direct lending matters across the capital structure and credit spectrum.
Sum and Brennan have been involved in a number of large, market-shaping transactions, including alternative credit and other new money financings, bank/bond restructurings, schemes of arrangement, security enforcements, pre-packaged administrations, Chapter 11 and other corporate and insolvency tools, debt-for-equity swaps, restructuring involving derivative instruments, and debt exchanges.
“The arrival of Yen and Jennifer is a significant development for our top-notch restructuring practice in London and Europe,” said Jay Sadanandan, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in London. “Their expertise and client base fit well with our existing finance and restructuring capability, and they bring substantial experience advising on a wide range of matters across the capital structure. We are thrilled to add Yen and Jennifer to the team and our growing practice.”
“We are focused on the development of a strong funds and bondholder creditor practice to complement our debtor practice, distressed M&A capability, and credit fund direct lending practice,” added Simon Baskerville, London-based partner and Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice. “They have stellar reputations in the market and are highly regarded leaders and strong practice builders. Their arrival further strengthens our plan to expand our practice in London and Europe to provide our clients with a uniquely deep and broad capability to handle their most complex matters.”
“We are committed to establishing the leading restructuring and special situations practice in London and across Europe,” said Scott Gottdiener, Global Chair of Latham’s Finance Department. “Yen and Jennifer are exciting additions to our team. They have an outstanding track record advising on some of the largest transactions in the market which involve the careful negotiation, management, and balancing of various stakeholder groups and interests. They will be a tremendous asset to our clients, adding significantly to our market-leading bank finance, high yield, and Chapter 11 capability, as well as our strong European restructuring and direct lending practices.”
Sum and Brennan join the firm from Sidley Austin’s London office. Sum graduated with a Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce (Economics and Accounting) and Laws (with honours) from Monash University before completing a postgraduate diploma in Applied Finance and Investment at the Financial Services Institute of Australia. Brennan graduated with bachelor’s degrees in Business (Finance) and Laws (with honours) from Queensland University of Technology before completing her diploma in legal practice at the College of Law, Australia. Both are admitted to the High Court of Australia and England and Wales bars whilst Sum is also admitted to the bar in Victoria, Australia, and Brennan is admitted to the Queensland, Australia bar.
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