About me

Address: London: Eighth Floor, Ten Bishops Square, London E1 6EG

Areas of Focus: Financial Restructuring; Special Situations; Corporate; Leveraged Finance; Capital Solutions

Biography:
Jacquie is a London-based partner on Akin’s financial restructuring team. She focuses on large, complex, cross-border restructurings and special situations financings.
Jacquie advises a wide range of clients, including par and secondary investors, banks, creditor and noteholder committees, as well as distressed corporates and sponsor portfolio companies. She has extensive experience on a range of restructuring processes, and works across a variety of industries and geographies; acting on some of the most complex transactions in the market.
In special situations financings, Jacquie brings a restructuring lens to lending transactions—analyzing lending structures with an eye toward downside protection, and developing structures that focus on preserving the ability of creditors to act quickly and access the core value within the borrower group.

Representative Work:
- Southern Water : Counsel to the ad hoc group of certain senior creditors of Southern Water, a water and wastewater service provider to Southern parts of the UK.
- Ardagh Group : Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders of Ardagh Group, a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal packaging products. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Constellation Auto : Counsel to the majority preference shareholders in the comprehensive recapitalisation of Constellation Automotive Group, the largest vertically integrated digital car marketplace in Europe.
- Consolis : Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders and lenders on the comprehensive restructuring of the Consolis Group, a European leader in precast concrete solutions.
- iQera : Counsel to an ad hoc group of RCF lenders in the restructuring, through French sauvegarde proceedings, of iQera, a leader in the acquisition and management of loans.
- Wittur : Counsel to the ad hoc group of senior lenders in relation to consensual restructuring of the debt and equity capital structure of certain first lien loans.
- Adler : Counsel to the ad hoc group of holders of certain German-law bonds in relation to the amendment of certain terms through an English Restructuring plan.
- Avanti : Counsel to the Avanti group, a U.K.-based satellite operator, in connection with its debt and equity capital restructuring implemented through linked prepackaged administration sales.
- intu Debenture : Counsel to the ad hoc group of holders of certain debenture stock issued by intu Debenture plc on the debt and equity capital restructuring and sale out of administration.

Credentials:
Education: L.P.C., Nottingham Law School, England, 2005; GDL, Nottingham Law School, England, 2004; B.A., University of Nottingham, 2003
Bar Admissions: Solicitor, England and Wales, 2008

Recognitions:
- Chambers Global , UK, Restructuring/Insolvency, 2021-2026.
- Chambers UK , Restructuring/Insolvency, 2021-2026.
- Chambers UK , Restructuring/Insolvency, 2021-2025.
- IFLR1000 , Rising Star.

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Insights:
- Chambers Europe 2026 Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices (March 19, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/chambers-europe-2026-recognizes-akin-lawyers-and-practices
- Chambers Global Recognizes Akin’s Lawyers and Practices in 2026 Edition (February 12, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/chambers-global-recognizes-akins-lawyers-and-practices-in-2026-edition
- Chambers UK Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices in 2026 Guide (October 17, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/chambers-uk-recognizes-akin-lawyers-and-practices-in-2026-guide
- FCA Consultation Paper on Motor Finance Redress Published (October 14, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/fca-consultation-paper-on-motor-finance-redress-published
- Akin Advises on John Wood Group Restructuring (September 23, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-on-john-wood-group-restructuring
- After the Supreme Court Judgment – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK? (August 6, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/after-the-supreme-court-judgement-whats-next-for-motor-finance-claims-in-the-uk
- Akin Advises on Constellation Automotive Group’s Comprehensive Recapitalization (June 17, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-on-constellation-automotive-groups-comprehensive-recapitalization
- Chambers Global Recognizes Akin’s Lawyers and Practices in 2025 Edition (February 14, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/chambers-global-recognizes-akins-lawyers-and-practices-in-2025-edition
- Special Situations: Addressing Post-LME Protections in 2025 (January 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/special-situations-addressing-post-lme-protections-in-2025
- Akin Advises on Comprehensive Recapitalization Transaction of Consolis Group (December 3 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-on-comprehensive-recapitalization-transaction-of-consolis-group
- Chambers UK Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices in 2025 Guide (October 17 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/awards-and-accolades/chambers-uk-recognizes-akin-lawyers-and-practices-in-2025-guide
- New Money - Marking the Boundaries (September 11, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/blogs/european-restructuring-insights/new-money-marking-the-boundaries