Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency

Advised FRP Advisory and the Wasps Holdings Group on the administration of Wasps including the sale of the Coventry Building Society to entities controlled by Frasers Group plc.

Advised PwC, as joint administrators, on the administration and sale of Frugi to Refined Brands.

Advised Craigard Care Limited and its joint administrators from FRP Advisory on the pre-pack sales of Craigard Care’s business and assets, as operated from three care homes based in the North East of Scotland.

Advised FTI Consulting, as joint administrators, on the administration and sale of Cote Restaurants to a buyer backed by Partners Group.
Advised Bakers + Baristas on its CVA.

Advised Adelie Foods throughout its accelerated M&A process and subsequently advised Administrators from Deloitte on a number of asset sales.

Advised BDO LLP, as joint administrators, on the administration of Bathstore.com Limited, including the sale of the business to Homebase Rooms Limited.

Advised the Group and subsequently Administrators from FRP Advisory on a restructuring including the trading administration of aerospace composite manufacturer, Tods Aerospace, resulting in the sale of part of the business to Cobham.

Advised Irish Private Equity Fund, Causeway Capital Partners, on its purchase of Patisserie Valerie out of administration.

Advised administrators from FRP Advisory on the administration of British Ceramic Tile Limited,
including the sale of certain assets to a nationwide retailer.

Acted for a lender in connection with a debt and equity restructuring of a UK energy from waste power project.

Advised a number of ATOL holders on their debt and equity restructurings including interaction with the Civil Aviation Authority.

Advised a number of private equity backed investee companies on restructurings across various sectors.

Acted for Agent Provocateur Limited in connection with its pre-pack administration sale and the subsequent wind down and restructuring of its international business located across 19 countries, including a Chapter 11 in the US.

Acted for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in its capacity as representative of the "Exiting Creditors" in the 2018 High Court and Court of Appeal cases relating to the MF Global UK CVA.

Acted as conflicts counsel to the administrators appointed over the Zinc Group, which held a £500 million portfolio of Hilton hotels.

Acted for the Trustees of Silentnight Pension Scheme in respect to a Warning Notice issued by the Pensions Regulator and the successful defence of a judicial review brought against the Pensions Regulator.