EXPERIENCE

Patrick’s representative matters have included:

• An ad hoc group of bondholders of Consolis, a leading provider of precast concrete solutions, on its consensual recapitalization
• An ad hoc group of secured and unsecured creditors of Digicel Group, the leading provider of mobile phone networks and home entertainment services in 25 markets across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, in its restructuring of over $5.4 billion of debt
• Fortenova Group, a food producer and retailer in Croatia and the surrounding region, on a significant recapitalisation transaction
• Nordic Trustee AS, acting on behalf of the DOF Subsea bondholders, in a restructuring of the financial indebtedness of DOF ASA and its subsidiaries
• Noble Group, a leading commodities trading business in Asia, in relation to the deleveraging and reorganization of its TradingCo business resulting in a debt for equity swap of approximately $1bn of financial indebtedness, implemented by way of a share pledge enforcement
• DeepOcean in relation to its financial restructuring and wind down of its cable laying and trenching business, implemented by way of three parallel restructuring plans under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, including the first use of the cross-class cram-down mechanism under the legislation
• Galapagos, a leading manufacturer of heat exchangers and cooling systems, in relation to the contentious financial restructuring of over €1 billion of financial indebtedness, implemented through an enforcement sale in Luxembourg
• Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A., a leading Spanish budget supermarket chain in relation to its comprehensive recapitalization transaction

The Legal 500 UK recognizes Patrick as a “Key Lawyer” for Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency.