Ella advises on a wide range of insolvency and restructuring matters, as well as general corporate lending.
Her clients include banks, distressed debt funds, large corporates, facility and security agents, and insolvency practitioners. As part of her time in the Global Restructuring Group, Ella has also spent time in Hong Kong, as part of IFLR’s Restructuring Team of the Year 2020.
Expertise
Experience
Pro bono
Advising parents of children, and young adults making applications for registration as a British citizen as part of the firm’s work with Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Published Work
- Philip Wells and Ella Richards, 2023, “Navigating the Rule in Gibbs in Cross-Border Restructurings: Alternatives to a Solely English Process”, London: International Corporate Rescue (volume 20 issue 6)
- Jane Jiang, Viola Jing, Joanne Lau and Ella Richards (2020), “Cross-border Restructuring Involving Assets in the PRC – Are Onshore Assets Still out of Reach?”, INSOL World First Quarter 2020
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Law Society of England and Wales
Awards
- IFLR Europe Restructuring Deal of the Year 2023 (ED&F Man)
- IFLR Asia-Pacific Restructuring Team of the Year 2020
Qualifications
Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2020
Academic
Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2018
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, 2017
BA (Hons), English, University of Oxford, 2012-2015
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.