Sophie Waples#9951

Sophie Waples

Senior Associate, A&O Shearman
Sophie is a senior associate in Allen & Overy LLP’s Global Restructuring Group, based in London. She advises on a wide range of insolvency and restructuring matters, as well as general corporate lending. Her clients include banks, distressed debt funds, large corporates, facility & security agents, insolvency practitioners and international financial institutions. Prior to joining A&O in June 2018, Sophie worked at one of Australia's leading corporate and commercial law firms. She has also completed associateships with the Honourable Justice Hammerschlag of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Honourable John Dyson Heydon AC KC, Royal Commissioner of the Australian Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • Admitted as a solicitor in NSW - 2015

Experience

  • Norton Rose Fulbright Sydney (legacy Henry Davis York) (2016 - 2018)
  • Supreme Court of New South Wales (2015 - 2015)
  • Australian Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (2014 - 2014)

Membership

  • INSOL International
  • Law Society of New South Wales

Qualifications

  • University of Technology (Sydney) in partnership with the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA) - Certificate in Advanced Insolvency and Restructuring (2017)
  • Australia National University (Canberra) - Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (2014)
  • University of Adelaide - Bachelor of Law (Honours) (2013)
  • University of Adelaide - Bachelor of Sciences (Infection & Immunity and Genetics) (2013)

Education

  • University of Adelaide (2013)

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