Manhal Zaman
Manhal Zaman
Biography
Manhal Zaman is a finance lawyer based in London. She advises corporate borrowers and lenders on cross-border syndicated and bilateral financings and restructuring and insolvency matters.
Manhal joined the firm in 2015 and has spent six months in our Dubai office. On qualification in 2017, Manhal joined the financial restructuring and insolvency team in London.
She has acted in a variety of sectors, including transport, real estate finance and asset-based lending.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Acting for a global steel, energy and commodities group on its multi-billion dollar financial restructuring.
- Acting for a coordinating committee of senior lenders in connection with the first-of-its-kind $1.3 billion debt restructuring of a large international privately held shipping and offshore services organisation. The transaction won the ‘Deal of the Year - Restructuring’ category at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Europe Awards 2024. This was the first restructuring to be carried out using a parallel English scheme of arrangement and Dutch WHOA plan.
- Acting for a US based global technology group on its $700m refinancing.
- Acting for a syndicate of European banks in connection with a $640 million debt restructuring of a major international shipping and trading group.
- Acting for a sovereign on its debt restructuring. Drafted and negotiated waiver letters to be entered into in relation to the commercial debt.
- Acting for European lenders on the proposed refinance of $2.2bn in facilities of an international group.
- Acting for the finance parties on a US-led ABL transaction.
- Advising a bondholder on various aspects of contentious restructuring.
- Advising an insurance company on directors duties and the risks of wrongful trading in connection with the ongoing trading of the business.
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