International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has continued its expansion of its corporate team with the addition of Martyn Kolankiewicz.
Martyn, who will be based in the firms' London office, specialises in corporate restructuring and insolvency and has vast experience in advising banks, insolvency practitioners, funds, corporates and all stakeholders of insolvencies on restructuring, formal insolvency, turnaround situations and recovery of assets.
He represents office holders, lenders and distressed companies in business rescue and corporate turnarounds.
Martyn has a broad range of experience advising on complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional matters, including trading administration, bankruptcy and receivership and he has a particular expertise in the financial services sector.
A qualified lawyer of 14 years, Martyn joins Trowers from Freeths LLP.
Head of Corporate at Trowers, Tim Nye commented:
"Martyn is another exciting addition to our corporate team as we continue to expand and strengthen across all of our national locations. His appointment further emphasises our commitment to providing our clients with a truly holistic service across all our nationwide offices.
"The experience and expertise that Martyn will bring to the team will be invaluable and he will play a key role in helping to grow our wider corporate offering."
Martyn added:
"I am thrilled to be joining the corporate team at Trowers and look forward to working alongside my colleagues in the London office to further expand the reach of our corporate services across the UK."
Trowers Corporate has a national growth strategy which includes team recruitment and lateral hires with a particular focus in the ECM and private equity markets.
Martyn joins shortly after the recent key hires of Paul Ellaby and Victoria Robertson, strengthening the firm's corporate offering in Manchester as well as financial services expert Sean Donovan-Smith and Steven Raize, a specialist in advising owners, trade buyers and PE funds on transactions in the TMT and Recruitment sectors in London.
