Mandip Englund

Head of Restructuring and Insolvency

Mandip Englund is a Partner and Head of the Restructuring and Insolvency Group at Travers Smith.

Mandip advises clients on the full spectrum of distressed matters, from options analysis and corporate and financial restructurings to distressed M&A, and formal insolvency. She is also experienced in bank insolvency and recovery, and resolution.

Mandip's clients include borrowers and lenders, including financial institutions, credit funds, and other financial stakeholders, as well as insolvency practitioners. She advises across a broad range of sectors including aviation, real estate, energy and infrastructure, retail, and healthcare. Mandip has advised on high-profile situations across Europe, Asia, and the United States.

The Legal 500 recognizes Mandip as a "next generation partner" in Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency (London), with clients commenting “Mandip is an impressive restructuring lawyer who delivers exceptional levels of client service. She is also very well connected in the market with both fund clients and insolvency practitioner."

Mandip is a council member of the Council of the Insolvency Lawyer's Association, Steerco member at large of the International Women in Restructuring and Insolvency Confederation ("IWIRC") London and NextGen member of the International Insolvency Institute.

Mandip is also a board trustee of the David Riddell Memorial CIO, a charity focused on preventing suicide and destigmatising mental illness.

Work highlights

LumiraDx and subsequently partners in FTI the joint administrators on pre-packaged sale of LumiraDx’s point-of-care diagnostics platform business to Roche Diagnostics Limited.

A company in the aerospace defence industry in relation to the restructuring of its unitranche facilities with credit fund and clearing bank lenders.

A credit fund lender in relation to defaults and additional financing of a food business including negotiations with lender of super senior facilities.

A utilities company on restructuring negotiations with its credit fund and bank lenders including contingency planning.

Partners of FTI Consulting as receivers in the restructuring of the Noble Group.

A significant creditor in relation to the first restructuring plan proposed under Part 26A by Deep Ocean, including advice on potential challenge and consensual syndicate.

The project company established to build the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in advance of, and following insolvency of Carillion, including advice on defaults and negotiations with lenders.

A company in the Abengoa group in relation to its company voluntary arrangement to compromise guarantee claims arising under loans and bonds.

Various notes trustees in relation to schemes of arrangement including EnQuest and PrivatBank.

Partners in PwC as administrators of the European arm of Lehman Brothers over the course of ten years from the initial administration application, including on settlement of claims, restructuring of securitisation vehicles and the long running "Waterfall Litigation".