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Jamie Ensor

Partner

Dublin

Restructuring and Insolvency

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Jamie Ensor

Jamie is a Partner and Head of Restructuring and Insolvency.

Jamie acts for insolvency practitioners, secured and unsecured creditors, companies, shareholders and directors in all aspects of restructuring and insolvency, including; examinerships, Part 9 schemes of arrangements, receiverships, liquidations, SCARPs and bankruptcies.

Jamie also represents domestic and foreign banks as well as non-bank lenders in relation to their security enforcement and distressed asset recovery actions. He has extensive experience in complex litigation before the superior courts arising from those restructuring or insolvency mandates.

Jamie lectures on corporate restructurings in the Law Society of Ireland’s Professional Practice course.

Jamie is a member of Restructuring and Insolvency Ireland and INSOL Europe.

Jamie is a Partner and Head of Restructuring and Insolvency.

Jamie acts for insolvency practitioners, secured and unsecured creditors, companies, shareholders and directors in all aspects of restructuring and insolvency, including; examinerships, Part 9 schemes of arrangements, receiverships, liquidations, SCARPs and bankruptcies.

Jamie also represents domestic and foreign banks as well as non-bank lenders in relation to their security enforcement and distressed asset recovery actions. He has extensive experience in complex litigation before the superior courts arising from those restructuring or insolvency mandates.

Jamie lectures on corporate restructurings in the Law Society of Ireland’s Professional Practice course.

Jamie is a member of Restructuring and Insolvency Ireland and INSOL Europe.

Relevant Experience

Advised a global aircraft operating lessor headquartered in Singapore in obtaining judgment in excess of US$ 400m in the Commercial Court, together with obtaining a worldwide freezing order and the appointment of a receiver over shares in aid of execution of the judgment.

Acting for a court appointed liquidator to a company which imported high-end luxury vehicles into the Irish market in Commercial Court proceedings claiming fraud (Missing Trader Intra-Community VAT fraud) against former directors which have resulted in a successful settlement of those proceedings.

Acting for the examiner in the Bombay Pantry examinership which was the first examinership scheme to receive court sanction under the new examinership regime following enactment of the European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022.

Advising a syndicate of international institutional secured lenders to Nordic Aviation Capital (largest regional aircraft lessor in the world) in relation to the Irish aspects of NAC’s restructuring through chapter 11 in the US.

Acting for an indenture trustee with respect to a series of guaranteed noteholders claims in the examinership of Mallinckrodt Plc (noteholders claims of c. USD $1 billion).

Acting for a number of creditors in the examinership of Norwegian Air.

Acting for the security trustee for several series of unsecured notes totalling approximately USD $7.4 billion in the examinership of Weatherford International Plc.

Acting for the investor in the examinership of Compu b.

Testimonials

Jamie is thoughtful in his approach to issues, seeking opinions on the best commercial outcomes and how legal action might best achieve the desired result.

Chambers

Europe

Testimonials

Jamie is technical and good to deal with.

Chambers

Europe

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Jamie Ensor is stand-out. Very strong commercially and technically; easy to work with.

Legal 500

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Jamie Ensor delivers well considered, thought out advice, with the rationale explained, and he gets to the nub of the issue very quickly. Responsive, engaging, and looks around the corner.

Legal 500

Testimonials

Jamie Ensor is accessible, highly experienced and knowledgeable, and provides concise and practical advice. He is the person to have in your corner for any complex, time sensitive restructuring or insolvency matter.

Legal 500

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Jamie Ensor is an experienced hand who radiates calm throughout the most difficult of cases. Excellent commercial sense. Shane Harron is a good communicator and sees the bigger picture.

Legal 500

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Very responsive, thorough and technically excellent. Practical advice supported by the appropriate reference to legislation.

IFLR1000

Testimonials

Extremely knowledgeable on insolvency appointments. Very reassuring and you know you are in safe hands.

IFLR1000

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