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Vicky Chen

Associate

Vicky advises on a wide range of complex insolvency and restructuring matters across a broad range of sectors and jurisdictions.

Her clients include large corporates, insolvency practitioners, banks, distressed debt funds, facility & security agents and other international financial institutions. Vicky began her legal career in the firm’s London office in 2020. She is admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Drake & Scull on its group-wide restructuring (the first large scale restructuring plan to be implemented under the onshore UAE Bankruptcy Law).
  • The administrators on the administration of Greensill Capital.
  • Babylon Healthcare Group on its cross-Atlantic financing restructuring.
  • The senior secured lenders of Swedish oil manufacturer Nynas AB since 2020 on various matters including the successful consensual restructuring of the group’s EUR1.5bn debt and a holistic refinancing of its debt structure.
  • The asset level lenders on the restructuring and bankruptcy of the Intu Group.

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales.

Academic

Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours; AKC) at King’s College London 2016-2019 
 
Master of Laws and Commercial Legal Practice (Distinction) at BPP University 2019-2020.
 
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.