Associate

Jake Hawker

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English

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Jake Hawker is an Associate in the Restructuring & Insolvency team in at CMS London. Jake has over five years of experience at CMS.

Jake specialises in advising insolvency practitioners, borrowers, lenders and other stakeholders (including government and corporate officers) in matters varying from formal insolvencies to corporate restructuring and distressed acquisitions (including non-performing loan portfolio sales and pre-pack insolvency acquisitions). Jake also has experience in traditional corporate lending and leveraged finance matters, advising on syndicated and bi-lateral loan documentation and corporate lending facilities. In terms of sector experience, Jake has worked with clients in the financial institutions, consumer and retail, energy, hotels and leisure, infrastructure, life sciences and healthcare, real estate and technology, media and communication sectors.

Relevant experience

The administrators of a group of three companies which collectively operated a receivables-based investment scheme, for which their directors have been charged with fraud, regarding applications to court for directions on complex legal and financial issues.
The administrators in relation to a pre-packaged administration sale of a leisure and learning business, to three separate buyers, as well as ancillary post-completion matters including further asset sales out of the business, data processing and property surrenders with local authorities.
The sole director of a company in relation to multiple successful applications in respect of a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986, including preparation of the necessary application documents and supporting Counsel in person at multiple hearings regarding the moratorium.
A firm of insolvency practitioners in respect of a successful block transfer application under the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, including preparation of the necessary application documents and liaising with regulators and local courts regarding the application.
A lender in relation to a contested application for directions regarding whether assets secured in its favour were secured by way of fixed or floating charge, including several substantial reviews of the application documents and supporting Counsel in person at the hearing to determine the application.
The board of directors of a group of companies in the Oil and Gas industry in relation to the members’ voluntary liquidation of such companies, and thereafter the liquidators of such companies, including advising on underlying finance documents and preparing the liquidation documents.
The liquidators of a group of companies whose business involved the provision of travel package holidays to consumers, primarily regarding the treatment and proper ownership of foreign law governed bond funds which were made available to compensate certain consumer creditors affected by the group’s insolvency.
An overseas government agency in relation to a multi-billion euro revolving credit facility, and associated security documentation, to be made available to a group of companies in the Oil and Gas industry, which included the preparation of necessary corporate authorisation documentation and legal opinions.
A global investment firm in relation to several of its multi million corporate and asset based lending facilities, as well as certain of its servicing arrangements and investments, including but not limited to loan agreements, service legal agreements and concessionaire agreements.
The buyer in relation to the multi-million pound sale and purchase of several non-performing consumer loan portfolios, both by way of spot sale and by way of forward flow sale, which included negotiating the forms of sale agreement and deeds of assignment / assignation.

Education

2020 – Legal Practice Course (LPC), MSc., University of Law, Bristol.
2019 – LL.B. Law with American Law, University of Nottingham, Nottingham / University of Texas, Austin.

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance Corporate Lending & Leveraged Finance Restructuring & Insolvency Dispute Resolution Contentious Insolvency

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