Megan James
Counsel Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Legal 500 UK"Exceptional in her role; her attention to detail and work ethic are excellent"
Megan James is a Counsel in our market-leading Corporate Trusts practice. She acts for trustees, custodians, and other service providers on the full range of debt capital markets and loan products, with a particular focus on special situations.
Megan advises on new money deals, post-close amendments, restructurings, and distressed or defaulted debt. She also has extensive experience advising service providers on large scale remediation and restructuring projects, such as LIBOR remediation, Brexit-related business reorganisations, and sanctions due diligence.
Megan gained invaluable experience from her time seconded to the Corporate Trust legal team and the Restructuring team at two leading corporate trustee providers. She employs that experience to anticipate trustee and agent concerns and to offer up creative solutions.
Hogan Lovells is a go-to firm for the world's largest trustee providers, with dedicated trustee lawyers located throughout our global network, including the UK, Continental Europe, USA and Asia Pacific.
Legal 500 UK"Exceptional in her role; her attention to detail and work ethic are excellent"
Representative experience
Advising the trustee and paying agent for multiple senior note issuances by a French automative equipment supplier
Advising the security agent, first lien notes agent and second lien notes trustee on the restructuring of the bank and bond debt of the Frigoglass group
Undertaking a large-scale due diligence project for a leading corporate trustee in relation to its sanctions exposure
Advising a leading provider of capital markets and loan transaction services on the transfer of agency roles across a large portfolio of transactions, as part of a Brexit-related reorganisation
Advising the security trustee and facility agent in relation to the restructuring of a trade receivables financing for a European logistics and supply chain corporate
Undertaking a large-scale LIBOR diligence project for a leading corporate trustee and transaction service provider
Advising the issuing and paying agent and account bank in relation to the continued operation and unwind of three supply chain finance programmes with an insolvent originator and servicer
Advising the security trustee in relation to the multi-jurisdictional security package supporting a borrowing base facility granted to a Swedish fuel company
Advising the trustee of multiple defaulted bond issuances by a major European financial institution in relation to the issuer's liquidation
Advising the note trustee and security trustee on the default of a senior secured issuance by an Australian mineral exploration company
Advising the onshore and offshore security agents and the onshore and offshore account banks in relation to the loan financing for a Jordanian solar energy project
Credentials
- Diploma in Legal Practice, The College of Law, 2009
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Bristol, 2008