Bankruptcy & Commercial Restructuring

Advising UNB on multiple financings, participations and restructurings throughout the Middle East
Advising the directors of insolvent companies on their duties and obligations, including the directors of a collapsed Hong Kong merchant bank (Peregrine Investment Holdings Limited)
Advising turn around directors and chief restructuring officers on issues of corporate governance and the legal aspects of financial and operational restructurings
Acted for The Rank Group Plc on its disposal of the Tom Cobleigh pub chain
Represented the shareholders of a leading financial services company in connection with a corporate restructuring and leveraged buyout transaction pursuant to which a majority stake in the company was sold to a NY-based private equity fund for approximately $240 million.
Represented largest steel supplier in Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corporation, and Magnatrax Corporation chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, and supplier/reclamation claimant in Dana Corporation
Advising an Abu Dhabi lender on the refinancing of facilities granted to a Dubai World entity, post the recent restructuring proposals
Dealing with restructuring and recovery issues for a large well known clearing bank and also acting for and on dealing with receivers and administrators
The insolvency of a number of connected companies now in administration or receivership and the disposal of a large portfolio residential buy to let properties and parcels of development land including planning issues
Advising financial institutions, pension trustees and companies on financial restructurings