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Akshita Pandit

Associate

Akshita advises on wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters and has worked on a variety of cross-border transactions and distressed investments.

Her clients include distressed debt funds, banks, large corporates and other international financial institutions. During her time at the firm, Akshita has completed a secondment in the firm's Dubai office.

Akshita is a dual qualified lawyer. She is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and as an advocate in India.

Experience

Representative matters

The Vroon Group, a Dutch shipping company, on all aspects of its restructuring primarily in England and The Netherlands. This restructuring was the first successful implementation of a parallel English scheme of arrangement and Dutch WHOA proceedings.

The senior secured lenders of Swedish oil manufacturer Nynas AB since 2020 on various matters including the successful consensual restructuring of the Group’s EUR1.5bn debt and a holistic refinancing of its debt structure.

The secured lenders (comprising of a number of debt funds) of a £600m revolving facility of intu Properties in all aspects of the administration proceedings of intu, including enforcement of security.

An ad hoc group of lenders of £850m credit facilities of the Thomas Cook group in the ongoing liquidation proceedings.

Pro bono

Volunteered at the Make A Wish Foundation of India, a charity aimed at providing support and care to underprivileged and terminally ill children in November 2013.

Advising with Refugee Legal Support, a human rights charity, in relation to their Family Reunion from Europe project aimed at reuniting applicants in Greece with their family members in the UK.

Published Work

  • Jennifer Marshall, Lucy Grey, Akshita Pandit and others, (2022) “Rent arbitration and the UK restructuring toolkit”, Herstructurering & Recovery Online

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2021

Admitted as an Advocate (High Court of Bombay, India), 2018

Academic

B.A., LL.B (Hons), NALSAR University of Law, 2018

Languages

English, Hindi
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.