Kay Morley

Partner, Dechert LLP

Kay Morley is a partner in Dechert’s global financial restructuring group. She advises stakeholders on all aspects of insolvency and corporate restructuring with a particular focus on European special situations and complex cross-border restructurings. Kay’s clients include hedge funds and other distressed investors, which she advises on the acquisition of loan portfolios and the implementation of ‘loan to own’ strategies. She also regularly provides advice to sponsors, ad hoc committees, debtors in distress and private equity portfolio companies, and represents insolvency practitioners in domestic and offshore situations.

Kay is consistently recommended by Chambers UK and The Legal 500: UK in corporate restructuring and insolvency, in addition to being recognised as a ‘notable practitioner’ by the International Law Review. She is ranked in the 2022 edition of Chambers UK for restructuring/insolvency, with one client stating ‘Kay is remarkable. She is calm, measured and unflappable – qualities you need in spades in the restructuring space’, while another remarks, ‘she is a very technical and impressive performer’. She is also noted for her expertise in corporate restructuring and insolvency by The Legal 500: UK 2022.