Jonathan Lawrence concentrates his practice on restructuring and insolvency matters ---- Legal 500 UK Corporate restructuring & insolvency 2021: “Leveraging its strong international footprint, particularly across the US, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, K&L Gates LLP excels in advising a myriad stakeholders, including funds, IPs, suppliers, corporates and directors, on contentious and non-contentious cross-border distressed situations, particularly within the aviation, energy and retail sectors. The team is led by Jonathan Lawrence - whose expertise runs the gamut of solvent corporate reorganisations as well as insolvent situations.” Legal 500 UK Corporate restructuring & insolvency 2020: “Headed by the 'responsive and pragmatic' Jonathan Lawrence, K&L Gates LLP's 'well-rounded and multidisciplinary team is fully capable of navigating complex cross-jurisdictional bankruptcies and workouts.'.”
Jonathan has been a partner in the London office since 2005 and has over 25 years of legal experience. He advises corporates, directors, lenders, asset acquirers and insolvency practitioners on restructuring and insolvency, and enforcement situations. Jonathan's work is both UK domestic and cross border. He works with creditors and distressed companies themselves, counsels directors faced with business challenges, acts for acquirers of assets from insolvent companies and carries out solvent restructuring and reorganisation of corporate groups.
Jonathan is also assistant general counsel, money laundering compliance and reporting officer and compliance officer for finance and administration in the London office.
Jonathan has long experience of debt finance and Islamic finance transactional and advisory work. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Banking & Financial Law and sits on the Consultation Board of Practical Law Finance. He also writes regularly on restructuring & insolvency and fintech issues.
