Paul Apathy

Paul Apáthy is a partner in Herbert Smith Freehills’ restructuring, turnaround and insolvency team. Paul is a highly experienced practitioner specialising in restructuring, insolvency and distressed debt investments. He has extensive regional, international and cross-border experience advising creditors, companies, private equity and hedge funds in respect of restructurings and distressed situations. In the past 15 years, he has advised on numerous major cross-border insolvency transactions, including advising clients such as: Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, Varde, Macquarie Bank, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon, Investec and a number of leading international banks, funds, corporations and insolvency firms. Paul is an extensive legal author and conference speaker, a member of the editorial panel of the Insolvency Law Bulletin, and the chief editor of the Herbert Smith Freehills’ Guide to Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency in Asia Pacific. Before joining Herbert Smith Freehills, he practised for a number of years at several leading international firms in London where he advised on major European restructurings and insolvencies.