OUR EXPERTISE
- Team of experienced and seasoned professionals providing unparalleled insight and innovative solutions
- Adviser to government agencies (NAMA, FMS-WM), numerous leading financial institutions and the vast majority of European commercial loan servicers. Also welcomed by creditors when advising equity sponsors based on our trusted approach
- Debt restructurings, workouts, refinancing, DPOs, borrower/lender solutions, portfolio optimisation
Our process and value add
Experience & expertise in dealing with difficult counterparties and handling complex negotiations, maximising our client’s benefits without jeopardising the restructuring
Our deep relationship with lenders and the wider market can be leveraged to engage more successfully with counterparties and achieve consensual solutions
Our understanding of the legal and commercial/economic considerations is key (including insolvency analysis) and allows us to identify innovative solutions. Enforcement scenarios (however unlikely / undesirable) must always be considered
Achieved full recoveries on the vast majority of our transactions and in other cases the best recovery possible with losses being much higher had the transaction not been successfully resolved
Our Results
We have successfully advised our clients on some of the most complex and high profile restructurings in Europe.
Representative Transactions
2015
c. €31 m
Spanish Bank Branch Portfolio
Acquisition financing for 34 bank branches across Spain
Debt Arranging
Loans
Loans
2018 / 2015
£2.1 bn / £1.6 bn
UK Private Hospitals
Restructuring of debt secured by 35 private hospitals
Creditor Restructuring
2017
>£250 m
Boots Portfolio
Sale of 300+ high street retail properties
Sell-Side Advisory
2014
c. £500 m
NHP
Debt restructuring and sale of major UK nursing home operating business
Creditor Restructuring & Sell-Side Advisory
2012
€1.2 bn
Karstadt
Restructuring of debt secured by 109 Karstadt stores
Creditor Restructuring
2014
£49.5 m
Royal Mint Court
Acquisition of landmark City of London office site
Buy-Side / Investment Advisory
2010
£535 m
Tahiti Finance
Restructuring of debt secured by a portfolio of 61 hotels
Creditor Restructuring
2011
£435 m
Plantation Place
Restructuring of debt secured on Planation Place
Borrower Restructuring
2015
£100 m
Amicus
Lead manager and arranger on first ever bridge loan securitisation
Debt Arranging
Capital Markets
Capital Markets
2018
£104 m
One Poultry
Acquisition financing for prime City of London office
Debt Arranging
Loans
Loans
2016 - 2021
£1.7 bn
Pinewood Studios
Acquisition Finance, RCFs and Capital Markets Refinancings
Debt Arranging
Loans & Capital Markets
Loans & Capital Markets