Experience

Our experienced lawyers have represented a wide variety of
stakeholders in Special Situations. See a selection of
our past experience.

Our experienced lawyers have represented a wide variety of stakeholders in Special Situations. Here’s a selection of our past experience.

Senior creditors

  • Creditor in the administration of English financial institution Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE)
  • Creditor in the run-off of Dutch financial institution Royal Bank of Scotland NV
  • Creditor in a Ukrainian bond exchange offer
  • Creditor affected by continuation of capital controls in Iceland
  • Creditor holding a significant position in the Syn Loan I and the Syn Loan II in the insolvency and restructuring of the German property group IVG Immobilien Group
  • Ad-hoc group of holders of structured notes in the insolvencies of the Dutch finance company and issuer Lehman Brothers Treasury Company BV and its US parent and guarantor Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
  • Creditor in the liquidation of English social housing maintenance firm Connaught
  • Creditor in the restructuring of the French retailer Vivarte
  • Senior secured creditor in a dispute in the UK about the enforcement of cross-border security rights granted by a financially distressed art collector
  • Creditor in the restructuring of Norwegian export finance company Eksportfinans ASA
  • Creditor in the restructuring of Bahraini financial institution Arcapita/AWAL Bank
  • Creditor in the restructuring of the Dutch finance company of Brazilian international agribusiness Agrenco NV
  • Senior lender in the restructuring of Dutch logistics company Vos Logistics
  • Senior lender in the restructuring of Greek telecom company Wind Hellas
  • Creditors in the cross-border restructuring of Brazilian Telecom group Oi SA
  • Certain PIK lenders in the restructuring of the US parent of the UK lead and lead alloys producer Eco-Bat Technologies Ltd
  • Creditor in the restructuring of German film and plastics company Kloeckner Pentaplast
  • Ad-hoc groups of junior creditors in the restructuring of Irish banks
  • Retail bondholders and preferential shareholders of the UK bank The Co-operative Bank 
  • Numerous fund creditors of (various UK and US entities of) the global investment bank Lehman Brothers 
  • Creditors of the UK business of the financial institution MF Global UK Limited 
  • Creditors of the UK financial services business Cattles Plc 
  • Ad hoc group of creditors of the Austrian engineering and technologies business A-Tec Industries AG 
  • Creditors of the UK and US mining and resources companies of the TXU group 
  • Ad-hoc group of convertible noteholders in the restructuring of Artumas, the Canadian oil and gas exploration company with operations in Tanzania and Mozambique
  • Ad-hoc group of mezzanine lenders in the restructuring of German automotive company Visiocorp Plc (f/k/a Schefenacker plc)
  • Certain creditors in the restructuring of Luxembourg-based ITC company Damovo Group SA
  • Creditor in the administration of the English entity of US energy trading group Enron Capital & Trading Resources Limited
  • Significant creditor in the restructuring of the UK/French channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel Plc/SA
  • Ad-hoc group of junior creditors in the restructuring of Dutch B2B group Hagenmeyer
  • Indenture trustee in the refinancing of German cable company Kabel Deutschland GmbH
  • Creditor in the restructuring of the state-owned Dubai property developer Nakheel/Dubai World
  • Junior creditor in the restructuring of English financial institution Bradford & Bingley
  • Ad-hoc group of mezzanine lenders in the restructuring of English printing group Polestar Company Limited
  • Ad-hoc group of junior creditors in the restructuring of Dutch supermarket retailer Royal Ahold
  • Certain creditors in the restructuring of Italian aluminium company Teksid Aluminium Luxembourg SarL

Junior & minority creditors

Investors & stakeholders

  • Successor indenture trustee in relation to $1.6 billion in notes in the cross-border insolvencies of the Swiss-headquartered oil refinery group Petroplus Group
  • Well-known distressed investor in the auction for Portuguese and Brazilian real estate, was affected by the demise of Portuguese-headquartered financial institution Espirito Santo Financial Group
  • Interested party subject to investigation in relation to the liquidation of English retailer Comet
  • Major shareholder in the restructuring of Dutch child daycare provider ESTRO
  • Significant noteholder in the restructuring of the English RMBS securitisation Mortgage Funding 2008-1 Plc
  • Distressed investor in the successful purchase and subsequent work-out of a portfolio in excess of 450 NPLs in Europe and the US from a global financial institution
  • Well-known distressed investor in Luxembourg distressed credit regarding a complex dispute involving a major investment bank and another well-known distressed investor
  • Sponsor/secured creditor in the Luxembourg liquidation of real estate investments in Belgium and France
  • Distressed investor in relation to LuxAlpha/Madoff investment
  • Significant purchaser of structured notes issued by Dutch finance company and issuer Lehman Brothers Treasury Co BV
  • The BVI liquidator of Fairfield Sentry, the largest feeder fund to Madoff 
  • The Dutch liquidator of the Dutch finance company Lehman Brothers Treasury Co B.V. 
  • A well-known distressed investor in the UK administration of the UK retail group Republic 
  • Dutch pension fund that commenced sub-prime litigation against a major investment bank
  • Party interested in the distressed M&A process in the cross-border insolvencies of Swiss-headquartered oil refinery group Petroplus group
  • Rating agency in the insolvency proceedings of Dutch financial institution DSB Bank NV
  • Potential purchaser of assets and creditors in the restructuring of the Icelandic banks
  • Large stakeholder affected by the nationalisation of the English financial institution Northern Rock Plc
  • Certain landlords in the UK CVA of Powerhouse 
  • The Irish examiner of Irish Medical Systems (Computers) Ltd in its application for assistance in the High court of England 
  • The Dutch liquidator of the UK automotive company MG Rover 
  • The English liquidator of the UK photography business My Fotostop in a contentious matter resulting in the reported case [2006] EWHC 2729 (Ch) 
  • Unsecured Creditors Committee (UCC) in the US Chapter 11 proceedings of automotive group Collins & Aikman
  • UCC in the US Chapter 11 of chemicals group LyondellBasell
  • The UCC and the liquidating trustee of the law firm Dewey & Leboeuf 
  • LyondellBasell Litigation Trust in US litigation against the LyondellBasell directors and shareholders
  • UCC in the US Chapter 11 proceedings of chemicals group Solutia
  • Senior Secured Creditors in the US Chapter 11 proceedings of energy company NRG Energy
  • Counsel to certain individual directors of English steel company Tata Steel UK Limited in the context of a proposed distressed sale and related contingency planning
  • Counsel to the board of the UK subsidiary in the US Chapter 11 proceedings of the US parent Ciber
  • Counsel to a high net worth individual in the restructuring of his personal affairs and business interests
  • Counsel to the board of financially distressed AIM-listed construction company Panceltica Holdings Limited with main operation in Qatar
  • Counsel to the joint liquidators of Centaur Litigation Ltd, Centaur Litigation SPC and Centaur Litigation Unit Series 1 LTD
  • Counsel to the Dutch liquidator of OSX Leasing BV in a cross-border security interest dispute
  • Counsel to Eurofinance in the well-known Eurofinance v Rubin litigation ([2010] EWCA Civ 895; {2011] EWCA Civ 971; [2012] UKSC 46) in its successful resistance to enforcement action brought by David Rubin, all the way to the English Supreme Court 
  • Counsel to the Dutch liquidator of English company Polymer Vision Limited in English (personal) liability proceedings resulting in the judgment [2011] EWHC 2951 (Comm) in favour of the Dutch liquidator
  • Special counsel to the administrators of English Electronics company Eurodis plc
  • Special counsel to the administrators of English holiday travel company Travelscope Holidays Limited
  • Counsel to the board of directors in the restructuring of the US engineering company High Voltage Engineering Corporation

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