Edward Downer

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Edward Downer is a partner in Willkie's Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department. With extensive experience in international financial restructurings, distressed debt investment and stressed and distressed financings, Edward is a go-to adviser for clients investing or involved in financial distress situations. He has developed a broad restructuring practice in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US, representing distressed debt investors, special situations lenders, distressed companies and other finance parties including bank and non-bank trustee companies.

Edward is recognized for his cutting edge work in credit documentation developments and restructuring techniques. His cross-sector work has focused particularly on technology, oil and gas, retail, shipping, property, infrastructure, financial services, mining, metals and manufacturing.

Edward closely follows developments across the sub-investment grade finance landscape, and frequently works on situations involving private debt and high-yield bonds. He counsels clients through all manner of liability management issues: from liquidity solutions, creditor engagement in amendments and waivers in private and capital markets debt and full-blown balance sheet restructurings as well as bankruptcy/insolvency and secured debt enforcement issues.