Financial Services Senior Team

Ed co-leads our FS Restructuring team and has 25 years’ experience supporting distressed clients in an advisory and formal capacity. Leading numerous high-profile engagements, including Special Administrator of MF Global, Scheme Supervisor for Welcome FS and Instant Cash Loans, and Administrator of Curo.

Nick leads the FS team alongside Ed and has 20+ years’ experience working- out NPL portfolios and single-name distress credits across Europe, Russia and the Gulf region. Since 2015 he has held an executive role leading the resolution of a €18bn NPL portfolio at the Bank of Cyprus.

Richard led the ground-breaking cases MFGlobal and Dunfermline Building Society – both being the first use of their respective special regimes. He has led many other complex financial cases such as Alpari, SPhinX, Mainsail and Millennium Global Credit. He has been adviser to HMTreasury as a member of the Banking Liaison Panel and the Bank of England. He recently spent 2 years as CRO/Director of Steinhoff, restructuring €11bn of debt.

Jason has 15+ years’ experience in NPL portfolio and single-name distressed credit management. Jason’s recent experience includes managing corporate NPL portfolio workout in Cyprus and Greece, advising an African central bank in respect of distressed systemic lender, and advising on €10bn+ NPL portfolio disposals.

Mike is an insolvency practitioner with 30 years’ experience working with distressed and insolvent clients. Mike led the administration on MF Global and Dunfermline Building Society, the first and most high profile UK special administration. He has also led the planning and implement of a number of solvent wind-downs of financial institutions.

Stefan has 10+ years’ experience working with financial institutions on single name distressed credits and NPL portfolio transactions across Europe. Stefan’s recent experience has centred on leading large, complex M&A processes for over €10bn of distressed assets for the Bank of Cyprus, where he was also instrumental in creating work out units and executing operational carve outs for servicing platforms.

David leads our Contentious Insolvency team and supports UK and International Banks and financial institutions recover monies in complex fraud and recovery situations. He has 30 years of international asset tracing and recovery experience across jurisdictions including Russia, US, Thailand, Cyprus, Latvia, Ukraine, BVI, Seychelles, Belize, Cayman, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Turkey, Jersey and Guernsey.

Kris is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and has over 20 years’ experience in asset tracing, investigations, insolvency, enforcement and recovery in the UK and overseas. Kris specialises in contentious and complex corporate and personal assignments, and has successfully pursued a wide range of recovery actions using the powers of the Insolvency Act 1986 to maximise recoveries for the victims of fraud and creditors. Kris has led the investigations and recoveries in many complex financial services related matters.

Nigel co-leads the Regulatory and Compliance Advisory function alongside Federica Taccogna. Nigel was the EMEA Financial Services leader at FTI and the scope of his practice included Terrorist Financing and Sanctions, Investigations, Regulatory Affairs, Conduct, Culture and the provision of expert support to the legal profession in matters as diverse as derivative trading and online gambling. Clients ranged from major banks, through to hedge funds, casinos and crypto exchanges. 

Federica co-leads the Regulatory and Compliance Advisory function alongside Nigel Webb.  Prior to joining Interpath, Federica worked for FTI Consulting where she built and led a team of regulatory experts who assessed and investigated financial crime concerns on behalf of regulators and enforcement agencies globally, and assisted regulated firms in designing and implementing financial crime control frameworks. 

Alex has 19 years restructuring experience, working in both the UK and the Cayman Islands. He has supported a broad spectrum of financial services clients in distress including those in consumer finance, banking, alternative investment management, pensions, fintech and insurance. Alex is a qualified insolvency practitioner and is recent work includes a secondment to the FCA’s Resolution & Insolvency department where he managed a team with responsibility for high profile cases across the financial services industry.

Rob is a Director within our FS Restructuring team and has 15 years’ experience supporting distressed clients in both advisory and formal roles. He has supported a range of financial services businesses, including brokers, consumer credit and crypto as well as performing a six month secondment at the FCA’s Resolution team.

Irena has over ten years’ experience in advisory and restructuring in the financial services industry. She has advised banks, lenders, insurance and asset management firms in stress and distress. She has extensive experience with complex cross-border cases and dealing with different regulatory and insolvency frameworks.

Darryl is a Director within our Insurance Solutions team in London. Darryl has been extensively involved in the run-off and closure of insolvent insurers, including English & American Insurance Company Limited, Sovereign Marine and General Insurance Company Limited, National Employers’ Mutual General Insurance Association Limited and British & American Insurance Company. He has also dealt with the insolvencies of insurance brokers, including FirstCity and Park London.

James has 10+ years’ experience working in restructuring and specialises in advising lenders, investors and regulators on the acquisition, divestment or monitoring of non-performing loans. He has extensive experience working across multiple jurisdictions including Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Nordics, CEE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Mongolia.