01 Jul 2026
Philip Hertz and Melissa Coakley Join Sidley in London
"Philip Hertz and Melissa Coakley joined Sidley in London as partners in its global Restructuring group, working on international and European restructuring and insolvency matters."
Philip Hertz has more than two decades of experience advising on complex cross-border restructurings for a wide range of stakeholders including corporates, sponsors, distressed investors, senior lenders and creditors. He specialises in restructuring and insolvency matters across regulated industries involving complex capital structures. Mr. Hertz joins Sidley as a partner and leads the firm’s international Restructuring team. He joins from Clifford Chance LLP, where he was global co-head of the Restructuring and Insolvency group. He has been ranked in the Legal 500 UK Hall of Fame for Corporate restructuring & insolvency and Band 1 for Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers UK.
Melissa Coakley has more than two decades of experience advising a broad spectrum of stakeholders on consensual and non-consensual cross-border and domestic restructurings, workouts, reorganisations and formal insolvencies. She specialises in corporate restructuring and insolvency work. Ms. Coakley joins Sidley as a partner and leads the firm’s European Restructuring team. She joins from Clifford Chance LLP, where she led the London Restructuring team. She has been highly ranked for Corporate restructuring & insolvency by Legal 500 UK and for Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers UK.