Recent matters where we have been retained include:

Acting for the receivers of Golden Key Ltd (in receivership), a Structured Investment Vehicle, which was funded by commercial paper. This is the most recent in a string of instructions for Mayer Brown in relation to the establishment and restructuring of SIVs. These include Carrera Capital Finance Limited, Rhinebridge PLC, Cheyne Finance PLC and the Master-Liquidity Enhancement Conduit (MLEC), among others;

Acting for the liquidators of Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited, advising in relation to the preservation of the Estate;

Representing GMAC and Residential Capital on a $60bn global refinancing project;

Assisting Mayer Brown's pensions practice in advising the Trustees of the Northern Rock pension scheme on the implications of the range of alternatives for the future of the bank;

In conjunction with our colleagues in Mayer Brown's pensions practice, advising the Trustees of the P&O pension scheme on a high-profile, ground-breaking buy-in deal with Paternoster. We advised on aspects of the transaction structure involving insolvency risk mitigation;

Advising the administrators of Park London Limited, a failed Lloyd's insurance broker on all aspects of the administration;

We are instructed by the liquidators of a Cayman-registered hedge fund;

Acting for a major creditor in relation to a German restructuring with US and UK aspects;

We advised on the proposed Master-Liquidity Enhancement Conduit (the superfund) designed to alleviate the impact of the credit crunch;

Acting for the liquidators of HMH Process Engineering & Services Limited in dealing with asbestos-related litigation brought in the Courts of California and its impact on the English liquidation;

We are advising the liquidator of an Australian company on a potential application under s426 Insolvency Act 1986;

We acted for a German landlord in relation to the administration in England of a German based tenant, including advice in relation to the EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings and the interaction between proprietary rights under German law and the English administration moratorium;

Acting for a leading UK reinsurer (part of a large multinational group) on two proposed solvent schemes of arrangement, one involving a pool of reinsurers, including in relation to a proposed US Chapter 15 recognition application;

Fleet National Bank: Acting for the Bank on the restructuring of facilities made available to a number of borrowers including complex cross-border insolvency issues;

Acted on behalf of Goldman Sachs in connection with its bid for the Drax power station. We have also been retained in connection with several other matters relating to the ongoing restructuring in the UK power sector;

Representing Bank of America NA in multi-billion dollar fraudulent trading proceedings brought by the liquidators of BCCI;

Interoute Telecommunications Group: Advising group companies and shareholders on a major restructuring of the group’s two core businesses;

Wassa Gold Project: Advising on the project financing and subsequent restructuring of the financing arrangements on the Wassa Gold mine in Africa;

Acting for Fineland Estates on the receivership and work out of a flats development;

Acting for SE Banken on restructuring and enforcement of Gamlestaden portfolio of real estate loans;

Acting for several hedge counterparties in connection with the restructuring of the hedge portfolios of several mining companies in the wake of fluctuating commodity prices;

Acting in the landmark Cabletel case in relation to costs in insolvency proceedings;

Advising on the world’s largest acquisition of real estate loans for a private equity firm;

Advising the liquidators of Manning Williams Limited, a broker;

Advising the liquidators of Robin Symes Limited, an antiquities dealer, on all matters arising during the liquidation, including various disputed claims to assets and proceedings in a number of jurisdictions;
 
Acting for the administrators of Atkins Nutritionals (United Kingdom) Limited on the restructuring of the European business of the Atkins Diet group of companies;

Acting for administrators and administrative receivers on a number of business and asset sales and other issues in many fields including in the IT, port authority, recruitment, manufacturing, retail and telecoms sectors;

AFG Insurances Limited: Acting for the company’s administrators in proceedings concerning reinsurance and set-off issues arising in the context of the insolvency of members of an insurance pool (NAIC -v- Nationwide & Others) including a successful appeal;

Griffin Trading Company: Advising on the concurrent US bankruptcy and UK liquidation of a US company also operating in the UK;

Advising in relation to numerous reconstructions using section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986, acting variously for the company, the liquidator, a purchaser and one of the primary lenders;

Advising a Brussels based fronting bank in the refinancing of champagne producers’ bond issues, including French and English law aspects of the restructuring;

Acting for the liquidators of a company which operated a pyramid selling scheme, including advice on actions against directors, antecedent transactions and asset recovery.