Hannah Brooks
Partner
Sector
Consumer & Retail
Brands, retailers and consumer platforms, on acquisitions, supply chains, consumer law and workforce.
§ 01Overview
Consumer businesses live close to their customers and their regulators. We advise brands, retailers and consumer platforms on acquisitions, franchising, consumer protection, product safety and the workforce questions of large store and delivery networks.
§ 02Key contacts
Key contacts
Samuel Okafor
Partner
§ 03Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Defending Hawley Finch in a securities class action
Representing a consumer company and its directors in a putative class action following a restatement.
Litigation & Trials
Defending a payments company in a consumer protection investigation by state attorneys general
Representing the company in a multistate inquiry into fee disclosures.
Investigations & White Collar · Antitrust & Competition
Advised the ad hoc group of senior lenders to Rennick Retail on its restructuring plan
Negotiated and implemented an English restructuring plan that reduced debt and handed control to the lenders.
Restructuring & Insolvency
£410 million
Restructured the workforce of a national retailer after a store closure programme
Advised on collective consultation, redundancy terms and related tribunal claims across 60 stores.
Employment
Won a jury verdict for Corvell Freight in a breach-of-contract trial
Tried a dispute over a long-term logistics contract in New York state court; the verdict was affirmed on appeal.
Litigation & Trials
§ 04Insights
Related insights
Schemes and restructuring plans: choosing the right English tool
Both procedures bind dissenting creditors. They do so in different ways, and the choice shapes the negotiation.
§ 05Related