Freshfields and Kirkland land roles in biggest ever UK airline collapse

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis have won advisory roles as Monarch Airlines filed for administration in the early hours of Monday (2 October).

The job – one of the most high profile corporate failures of the year – has attracted two of the City’s top insolvency teams, with Freshfields fielding a team under its veteran restructuring chief Ken Baird.

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