Linton Bloomberg

"He has been extremely supportive throughout the entire process. His expertise is evident, and he presented the facts clearly, setting realistic expectations at every stage."
Chambers UK, Restructuring/insolvency client

"He's a very good lawyer who will not let you down."
Chambers UK, Restructuring/insolvency client

"Linton Bloomberg is hugely experienced and well-known in the market. As well as having a great technical understanding of insolvency matters, he is a determined and hardworking litigator."
Legal 500 UK, Finance: Corporate restructuring & insolvency client

Linton advises insolvency practitioners, investment banks, UK clearing banks, private credit funds, and private equity sponsors across the full range of international and domestic restructuring and insolvency matters. His principal areas of focus include cross-border restructurings, creditor and debtor representations, out-of-court restructurings, and insolvency litigation.

Experience

Representative matters

Acted for Teneo as administrators of VTB Capital in relation to their appointment and obtaining exemptions from US and UK sanctions imposed on the bank over the invasion of Ukraine.

Acted for Onto Holdings and then subsequently Teneo as trading administrators of an electric vehicle leasing business, which, on appointment, had a fleet of 4,700 vehicles with 3,800 on hire to customers and debt of c. £173 million.

Acted for the liquidator of a pharma services company in relation to the sale of scientific assets (including a biobank of patient-derived cell lines to offer screening of a wide range of oncology drug candidates against patient-derived cell lines).

Acted for Teneo as administrators of VTB Capital in relation to their appointment and obtaining exemptions from US and UK sanctions imposed on the bank over the invasion of Ukraine.

Acted for the directors of a hi-res audio streaming company on their options following a failed sales process of its business, and then the administrators of the company in relation to the subsequent sale of the business, which included over 120 trademarks and patents and required patent litigation in the United States to be settled.

Acted for the major shareholder in the Casual Dining Group restructuring, one of the largest casual dining chains in the UK, which owns Café Rouge and Las Iguanas.

Acted for J Crew UK in relation to its restructuring in the UK.

Acted for Brooks Brothers in relation to its restructuring in the UK.

Acted for the largest creditor in relation to Thomas Cook Group (UK, Nordics, and Germany) following its collapse.

Acted for the administrators of Arjowiggins in relation to its trading and subsequent management buy-out.

Acted for the provisional liquidators of Abraaj Investment Management Limited in connection with the worldwide issues involved in the collapse of this major Private Equity house.

Acted for Endeavour Energy in its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and sale of North Sea oil platforms by its UK subsidiary.

Acted for Lehman Brothers on its restructuring.

Acted for KPMG as the special administrators of MF Global UK Limited (the 8th largest failure in US history and the largest UK insolvency since Lehman).

Acted for a number of well-known high street retailers on restructurings including proposed CVAs.

Acted for BHS (163 stores, 10,000 employees) on its landlord company voluntary arrangements (CVAs).

Acted for Landlords and other creditors with respect to many retail CVAs including Toys R Us.

Acted for CHC Group, a global helicopter service provider operating on six continents with more than 220 aircraft, in relation to its Chapter 11 proceedings and Cayman restructuring.

Acted for Westinghouse Electric Company on aspects of its chapter 11 proceedings.

Acted for various Pensions Restructuring cases: acting in the restructuring of the Dana Corporation, the case of Re Storm Funding (2013) (Court of Appeal), the case of Nortel & Lehman v The Pensions Regulator (2013) (Supreme Court) and Heis v MF Global UK Services Limited (2016) (Court of Appeal).

Acted for the Administrators of Connaught plc.

Acted for a sponsor on CityPoint’s restructuring.

Acted for the senior creditors in various restructurings of SIVs including Sigma Finance and Cheyne.

Acted for the administrators of XL Airways, Birthdays Group.