Douglas Hawthorn
Partner, UK
Douglas specialises in advising on debt restructurings, turnaround and insolvency situations, acting for private equity sponsors, financial institutions, investors, companies, directors, turnaround professionals and insolvency practitioners
He joined Osborne Clarke in 2020, and has particularly expertise in mandates concerning distressed or insolvent financial institutions.
Douglas is a member of our Financial Services, Retail and Consumer and Tech, Media and Comms sector groups, and champions our Digitalisation transformation expertise.
He is recommended and described by Legal 500 as "pragmatic and strategic" and having "extensive insolvency experience and knowledge".
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I have a keen interest in optimising businesses' performance, whether through restructuring processes, or by assisting them through operational or cultural change.
Work
Primrose.co.uk
Advising Primrose.co.uk, an online garden centre, on its disposal to Risk Capital Partners.
FRP Advisory
Advising FRP Advisory as administrators of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Peacocks, and Bonmarche group of companies on multiple disposals and on other matters arising in the administration.
Grant Thornton
Advising Grant Thornton as administrators on the sale of certain business and assets of ProQuo AI Limited.
BDO
Advising BDO as administrators of Index Labs Limited.
Interpath
Advising Interpath as special administrators of Viola Money (Europe) Limited; the first use of the Payment and Electronic Money Institution special administration regime.
Grant Thornton
Advising Grant Thornton as administrators on various aspects of the administration of S.D. Taylor Limited (trading as Loans at Home).
FRP Advisory
Advising FRP advisory as special administrators of Xpress Money Services Limited, the second use of the Payment and Electronic Money Institution special administration regime.
Interpath
Advising Interpath as administrators on the sale of certain business and assets of Awesome Merchandise Limited.
Intu group companies
Advising the boards of directors of various property owning companies in the intu group of companies, including on the separation or disposal of the SGS, Barton Square, Chapelfield and Metrocentre subgroups.
Patisserie Valerie
Advising the board of directors of the Patisserie Valerie group of companies.
Interpath
Advising Interpath as liquidators of a substantial chain of hotels on various disposals.
Property owners
Advising the boards of directors of various property owning companies in the intu group of companies.
Credit provider
Advising short term high cost credit provider on its restructuring.
Expertise
Service
Transformation
Insights
Supply chains
Distressed Supply Chains | Managing Risk
Global supply chain challenges have increased the risk of financial and operational distress among suppliers. Financial instability or even insolvency...
10/01/2023
Supply chains
Prevention is better than cure when managing global supply chain issues in the retail and consumer sector
Early contingency planning can significantly reduce the shock of service provider/supplier insolvency in service/supply chains
23/11/2022
Real estate
Gym tenant and guarantor held liable for rent despite restructuring plan
UK judgment is a prompt for landlords to consider all angles to maximise rent recovery in harsh economic conditions
25/08/2022
Corporate
UK Insolvency Service publishes interim report on the effectiveness of measures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
The Insolvency Service is satisfied that the restructuring plan and moratorium processes are broadly meeting their policy objectives – and...
22/06/2022
Corporate
How can directors navigate insolvency risk during an economic sea change?
When companies face cashflow and other pressures, early action can assist with the assessment and mitigation of these risks
10/03/2022
Dispute resolution
Is the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act moratorium working?
Low uptake of the new insolvency moratorium could change as lockdown is lifted and lenders pursue debt
31/03/2021
