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Clarendon Portfolio

Advising a consortium comprised of Deutsche Bank, KKR and Varde Partners on the financing of their circa $6.2 billion acquisition of GE’s Australian and New Zealand consumer finance business (new re-branded Latitude Financial Services). The financing arrangements included 6 warehouse securitisations of consumer finance receivables, including Australia’s first rated credit card receivables securitisation programme.

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Lonmin plc

Advising Lonmin plc in relation to the refinancing and restructuring of its US$360m facility agreement and the ZAR2bn South African law facilities agreement, conditional on a US$400m rescue rights issue.  

JJB Sports

Advising on a series of measures designed to create a stable financial platform for the revitalisation of its core sports retail business. They included the use of a ground breaking company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to effect a solvent restructuring

Ernst & Young

Advising on the administration of all of telecommunications equipment provider Nortel’s EMEA entities, involving 34 jurisdictions. This multi-jurisdictional administration is one of the most complex administration filings ever undertaken in London

Centro Property Group and Centro Retail Trust

Acting on the refinancing of their bank facilities which involved the negotiation of facilities in both Australia and the US, the creation of a debt for equity hybrid instrument (representing $3 billion value) and the sale of various key assets

Senior Lenders Syndicate

Advised the Senior Lenders Syndicate on the restructuring of the I-MED Group, Australia’s largest, privately owned diagnostic imaging network. 

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Kevin Pullen

Partner, London

Kevin Pullen
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John Whiteoak

Partner, London

John Whiteoak
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Pauline Bournoville

Partner, Paris

Pauline Bournoville
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Paul Apáthy

Partner, Sydney

Paul Apáthy
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Debby Sulaiman

Partner (Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung), Jakarta

Debby Sulaiman
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Natasha Johnson

Partner, London

Natasha Johnson
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Nikki Smythe

Partner, Sydney

Nikki Smythe
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John Chetwood

Partner, London

John Chetwood