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Richard Tett

Partner | Global Head of Restructuring
richard.tett@freshfields.com
London: +44 20 7936 4000
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Richard is a finance partner and became Global Head of Restructuring in May 2026. He has over 30 years of restructuring experience and has worked extensively on ‘in court’ and ‘out of court’ restructurings/refinancings, English restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement, intercreditor agreement disputes, formal insolvency appointments, high yield bond and CMBS bond restructurings, distressed M&A, US Chapter 11s, 15s and s363s, pension deficits, insurance workouts, telecoms, and insolvency aspects of structured finance.

Richard has acted across the capital structure for all the key stakeholders including corporates, shareholders, private equity sponsors, lenders, bondholder/lender committees, creditors, distressed debt investors and asset purchasers, directors, security trustees, administrators and liquidators.

Richard has particular UK and cross border experience – often involving the US, jurisdictions around Europe and beyond.

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Richard’s recent experience includes:

Ardagh; Netceed; Klockner; Berlin Brands; James Fisher; Takko; WeWork; Cazoo; McLaren; ED&F Man; Amigo Loans; Tunstall; Nyrstar; Prezzo; IKKS; Innovation Group; Expro; BrightHouse; Four Seasons; Bartec; Fairhold Securitisation, H.C. Starck; OFS companies; PHS; New World Resources; Honsel; Spanish real estate restructurings; IVG; McCarthy & Stone; Endemol; Deutsche Annington/ GRAND; EMI; Primacom; Carl Zeiss Vision; Cory Environmental; La Seda de Barcelona; Paroc; Bank of England (Bradford & Bingley, Landsbanki and Kaupthing); XL Airways; Amtel Vredestein; and the separate acquisitions of the London Eye and Budget Rent-A-Car Group’s EMEA assets; various of these won national and international industry awards and he has received numerous awards for his work on these transactions.

"Richard is phenomenal and one of the best on the street. He is highly creative and great at understanding complex situations. He continues to be one of the best out there in all aspects of restructuring."
— Chambers Global | 2024
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Richard Tett

Partner | Global Head of Restructuring
richard.tett@freshfields.com

T +44 20 7936 4000

London Office

100 Bishopsgate

London EC2P 2SR

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