Consultant

Julian Turner

Languages

English
Spanish

Julian is a Consultant in the Finance Group at CMS London. Julian specialises in non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters and advises corporates, lenders, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders on a broad range of issues, often with a cross border element. He has undertaken transactions across a range of sectors.

Julian has banking and financial services experience, acting on transactions for both lenders and borrowers, providing structuring advice on complex finance transactions. Julian is experienced in providing enforcement strategy advice to lenders, in particular to growth, fintech and technology and media companies.

Julian has also acted on a number of schemes of arrangement, in particular in the financial services and insurance sectors.

Julian has Middle East experience having lived and work for three years in Abu Dhabi.

Awards & Recognitions

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"The ‘practical and commercial’ Julian Turner is also recommended."

Legal 500, 2016

Relevant experience

Bank of Ireland and Royal Bank of Scotland on a facility to a leading music publisher, including detailed enforcement strategy advice.
Providing enforcement strategy advice to a leading fintech investor on a number of complex transactions.
The FCA on schemes of arrangement proposed by regulated entities.
The administrators of MMP Financial Limited.
On a number of distressed shopping centre situations.
On distressed situations in the education sector.
Pension scheme trustees on distressed employer situations.
BAE on the funding and subsequent administration of Brimar Limited, a key supplier to the business.
Acting for Dan Schwarzmann of PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrator of Folksam International Insurance Company (UK) Limited including the implementation of a scheme of arrangement.
Vodafone UK Limited on the solvent liquidation of Mobile by Sainsbury's Limited.
CityFibre Holdings Limited on the acquisition of the business and assets of H2O Networks Limited acting by its administrators and its subsequent fundraisings.
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank on the US$100m refinancing of a luxury resort in the Maldives.

Publications

November 2023 - Taking security in relation to e-money and e-money accounts, Practical Law.
Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (16th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
Contributor to the Pensions Law Handbook (15th Edition), Bloomsbury Professional.
2019 – Debenhams CVA - Journal of International Banking and Financial Review
2019 – Directors’ Duties and Insolvency - Journal of International Banking and Financial Review
2015 - Restructuring Bonds: Legal Issues Under English Law - The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery and Insolvency
2013 - Schemes of Arrangement for Foreign Companies – The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery and Insolvency
2012 - Schemes of Arrangement for Foreign Companies – The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Recovery and Insolvency

Memberships & Roles

Member, R3.
Member, ILA Technical Committee.

Education

1993 - MA, Robinson College, Cambridge University, Cambridge

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance Corporate Lending & Leveraged Finance Restructuring & Insolvency

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Insights by Julian

Director’s duties for distressed companies

Case Update: Little & Anor v Olympian Homes Ltd (2024)

Digital asset insolvency issues not insoluble for English law

Leveraged finance: handling an impending financial covenant breach