Nick advises a wide range of clients, including par and secondary investors and creditor committees, as well as debtors, financial sponsors and insolvency practitioners. He has extensive experience of restructuring processes and has worked across a range of jurisdictions and industries.
Earlier in his career, Nick spent time on secondment to Deutsche Bank in London, working principally on workouts of non-performing commercial real estate financings. He has also worked for the firm in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Nick specialises in complex, cross-border debt restructurings, insolvencies and special situations financings.
Expertise
Industries
Experience
Representative matters
Vue International on its fully consensual financial restructuring including additional liquidity financing.
The Vroon group on its landmark US$900m restructuring, involving the first ever parallel Dutch WHOA and English scheme of arrangement processes.
Imagina Media Audiovisual (Mediapro) on its negotiations with creditors, recapitalisation and subsequent refinancing.
Intralot S.A. on its liability management transactions.
The KCA Deutag group on its US$1.9bn balance sheet restructuring.
Various credit funds on distressed situations, security enforcements and special situations financings.
The lenders on the restructuring of Gulf Marine Services plc.
Sirius Minerals plc in relation to contingency planning options.
The Steinhoff Europe AG creditors’ committee on the restructuring of the Steinhoff group.
The security agent and receivers following the insolvent collapse of the O.W. Bunker group.
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Awards
- Rising Star award for Restructuring and Insolvency at the Rising Star Europe Awards 2021
- Rising Star, IFLR Europe Awards 2020
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
LLB, College of Law, London, 2008
MPhil, International Relations, University of Cambridge, 2006
BA, Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2005