Overview
Rowland advises on the full range of restructuring and special situations transactions, including complex cross border restructurings, restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement, contingency planning, security enforcements, stressed and distressed financings and distressed M&A transactions.
Rowland was seconded to the European special situations group of a leading global investment bank for seven months in 2019.
Work Highlights
Rowland has advised on a number of market-leading restructuring and special situations mandates. These include:
- Stegra: advising the lead financial sponsors on the restructuring of the low-carbon steel manufacturing plant.
- Tullow Oil: advising the second lien creditor on the restructuring of this multinational oil and gas exploration company.
- G.Network: advising the sponsor on the restructuring and subsequent sale of this leading altnet provider.
- Northvolt: advising the lead sponsor and creditor of Northvolt AB on its financial distress and subsequent Chapter 11 filing.
- Praesidiad: advising the company on the balance sheet restructuring of the perimeter and physical security solutions business (UK scheme of arrangement).
- MGT Teesside: advising the creditors (banks and funds) on the restructuring of this biomass power plant (UK restructuring plan).
- Naviera Armas: advising the company on the full balance sheet restructuring of this Mediterranean ferry group (Spanish restructuring plan).
- EnerMech: advising the company on the recapitalisation of the corporate and capital structure of this UK based oilfield services group.
- New Look: advising the company on its debt and equity restructuring involving RCF lenders and bondholders (UK scheme of arrangement).
- Norske Skog Group: advising the company on its attempts to secure a consensual restructuring of the group’s balance sheet by way of an exchange offer and consent solicitations, and subsequent distressed M&A to a credit fund.
- Abengoa: advising the company on a restructuring which reduced the group’s pre-structuring corporate indebtedness from €8.9bn to €2.6bn (UK company voluntary arrangement and Spanish homologation).
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