Stephen’s Experience:

• Advised the ad hoc bondholders of British Energy plc in its restructuring through a scheme of arrangement

• Advised the Industrial Union of Donbass on the restructuring of its US $ 3.5 billion of debt (pre-2014)

• Advised Magyar Telecom BV, a holding company of Invitel ZRT, the Hungarian telecoms company, on its USD $425m of Notes through a scheme of arrangement

• Advised the Senior Steering Committee in relation to the restructuring of the debt of CTL Logistics, the Polish freight logistics company

• Advised Macquarie Bank in relation to the refinancing of its senior debt to Max Petroleum PLC

• Advised Jefferies and its affiliates in connection with the restructuring and refinancing of Klöckner Pentaplast, one of the world's largest suppliers of plastic films

• Advised the junior committee of bondholders which held a significant amount of lower-tier two bonds in government-owned, Bank of Ireland

• Advised the Steering Committee of lenders in the restructuring of the debt of a holding company of one of the leading Kazakh banks

• Advised the Steering Committee of Lenders on the restructuring of a US$3 billion loan to a holding company of Bawag PSK, one of Austria's leading banks

• Advised Oy Sanitec (a leading European bathroom porcelain manufacturer) on the restructuring of its EUR 880 million senior facility and EUR 135 million second lien facility

• Advised Nordic Capital on the restructuring of Thule, the car box company

• Advised the committee of mezzanine lenders to Treofan, a German packaging company in a debt equity swap which enabled the mezzanine lenders to take control of the Treofan group

• Advised UPM, a leading Nordic paper manufacturer, in relation to their intended purchase of the Myllykoski and Rhein Papier Group

• Advised a leading UK investment bank on its EUR 800 million exposure to a German property company

• Advised the Trustee of Afren plc in the attempted restructuring and subsequent administration of the Company

• Advised search engine optimisation company Reach Local in its sale through a prepacked administration to a US Nasdaq listed corporate

• Advised noteholders of Waste Italia in a proposed restructuring of its High Yield Notes

• Advised board of Seadrill Partners to insulate it from liability during the restructuring of its shareholder affiliate

• Advised Ocean Rig in its $4bn restructuring via a Cayman scheme of arrangement

• Advised the boards of one of the UK’s leading renewable companies on various key decisions where there are minority partners in the corporate structure

• Advised Emerisque Group, a UK based fashion brand in respect of its investments

• Advised a director of a construction company defending claims from various stakeholders following a collapse of his company

• Advising Sandton Capital in its takeover of a UK manufacturing business

• Advised a hedge fund in its proposed investment in a litigation funding relating to a truck manufacturing cartel

• Advised a hedge fund and a family office in respect of their debt investment into a UK oil plc

• Advised a UK oil group to take over an oil company through a prepacked sale

• Advised a hedge fund in a proposed investment in a UK distressed oil company

Stephen, a member of INSOL Europe, regularly writes articles and is quoted in the UK and international national media where he speaks on restructuring and insolvency matters