Glen is a Partner in our Restructuring & Insolvency team. He qualified in 2003, became a partner in the business in 2007 and is now global co-head of restructuring & insolvency at CMS. 

Glen advises boards of directors, debtors, creditors, insolvency practitioners, investors in distressed assets, and a variety of other stakeholders, at all stages of the decline and recovery curves. 

This includes advising on directors' duties on insolvency, restructuring plans, security package enhancements and enforcement, distressed asset sales and acquisitions, loan-to-own strategies, solvent reconstructions, mitigation of insolvency risk in transactions, insolvency investigations and insolvency related claims.

During his career, Glen has guided many boards and helped multiple clients to structure and implement complex and successful business rescues. These include Harland & Wolff (a shipyard in Northern Ireland, known for building the Titanic), UK Coal (a restructuring which saved over 2,000 skilled jobs), Mint Equities (a prominent stockbroking business, acquired by BGC Partners) and Teathers (the stockbroking arm of Landsbanki, acquired by Redmayne Bentley).

Glen has also led many major international and cross-border mandates, involving the use of the European Insolvency Regulation, the UNCITRAL model law on insolvency and other cross-border tools. He often helps overseas clients to resolve UK and cross-border conflict of law issues. Cases include Gazprom, Hydrodec, Lowcosttravelgroup, Stanford International Bank, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, Lehman Brothers, the Niton Fund, Eurodis and Crisscross/Dynegy.