Philip Wells
Senior Associate
Phil advises on a wide insolvency and restructuring matters, specialising in multi-jurisdictional and cross-border restructuring and distressed situations.
He advises on all stages of the distressed credit lifecycle and has experience advising credit funds, international financial institutions and multi-national corporates. He has recently completed a secondment to PIMCO, where he advised the alternative credit and private strategies business on distressed situations, capital solutions and private credit in Europe and the emerging markets.
Expertise
Published Work
- Wells P. and Richards E. (2023) “Navigating the rule in Gibbs in cross-border restructurings: Alternatives to a solely English process”, International Corporate Rescue Journal, Vol 20, Issue 6, Chase Cumbria Publishing
- Wells P. and Aconley L. (2021) "How to get recognised: cross-border recognition of insolvency and restructuring proceedings post-Brexit", article in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Vol 36, pp. 187-190, London, Butterworths (which was updated and republished upon request in Zeitschrift für das gesamte Insolvenzrecht (ZInsO), a leading German insolvency journal)
- Wells. P. and Sampson. L. (2019) “UK corporate insolvency reforms: the nuts and bolts of the future UK restructuring toolkit”, article in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Volume 34, p.589-592, London, Butterworths
- Wells. P. (2015) “Executive remuneration: regulatory reforms in UK company law”, article in the International Journal of Law and Management, Volume 57 No. 4, pp. 300-339, London, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Law Society of England and Wales
Insolvency Lawyers Association
Qualifications
Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2016
Academic
LLM, Commercial Law, University of Sheffield, 2013
LLB, Law, University of Sheffield, 2012
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.