Collaborateur

Ben Ward

Special Situations, Supply Chain & Distribution, Distressed Real Estate

London +44 20 3130 3298

BWard@mayerbrown.com

"Ben Ward is a strong up and coming lawyer - he has an excellent grasp of the technicals and attention to detail."

Legal 500

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Ben Ward, senior associate, has experience acting on domestic and cross-border restructurings and insolvencies for debtors, sponsors, funds, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, CMBS special servicers, pension trustees and strategic investors in both contentious and non-contentious situations. Ben spent 10 months on secondment at EQT Credit (now part of Bridgepoint Credit) supporting the Mid-Market lending and Credit Opportunities strategies, dealing with special situations, restructurings, and mid-market direct lending.

Expérience

Acting for Mount Street as Special Servicer of the £350m Atlas Hotels CMBS on all aspects of their role as Special Servicer, including contingency planning and negotiating a restructuring.
Acting for AlixPartners as administrators of the Argyll Club Group, the provider of flexible office space, on all aspects of the administration including the appointment, refinancing and exit.
Acting for Mount Street as Special Servicer of the £90m Maroon CMBS on all aspects of their role as Special Servicer, including enforcement and workout advice.
Advising the trustees of the pension schemes of various retailers in restructuring scenarios.
Advising Permira Debt Managers on the restructuring of loveholidays.
Acting for the Pizza Express group in connection with its restructuring of its senior secured and senior notes using the new UK restructuring plan procedure.*

Advising Travelodge Hotels Limited on the formulation and implementation of its company voluntary arrangement.*
Advising the ad-hoc committee of holders of convertible bonds on all aspects of the restructuring of the Steinhoff group.*
Advising Agrokor d.d. (now known as Fortenova Grupa) and its special administrators in its restructuring of more than EUR 6 billion through a Croatian extraordinary administration process and associated recognition proceedings in England and across the Balkan region.*
Acting for PwC as administrators of Lehman Brothers Limited in the Waterfall I litigation proceedings in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court to address a number of complex issues of insolvency law arising in the administration of Lehman Brothers’ European trading company.*
Acting for a large credit fund on the enforcement of its Luxembourg law security and acquisition of the business in a direct lending situation in respect of a PE-owned European telecoms group.*
Acting for KPMG as liquidators of an investment company in wrongful trading proceedings.*
Acting for various officeholders in administration and liquidation proceedings.
Assisting various funds, investment banks and private equity houses in relation to their diligence of European investment opportunities in stressed and distressed transactions.

* experience gained prior to joining Mayer Brown

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Distinctions

Listed as a key lawyer for Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency, ‘Ben Ward is a strong up and coming lawyer - he has an excellent grasp of the technicals and attention to detail.’ (Legal 500 2023/24).

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Ben Ward

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Expérience

Compétences et Secteurs liés

Domaines de compétences

Publications et Interventions

Publications

Cross-border insolvency - centre of main interests

Restructuring plans and their Impact on Third Party Guarantees

Actualités

Mayer Brown advises syndicate of lenders on amendment to $220 million loan facility to Lucara, a leading independent producer of large exceptional quality type IIa diamonds from Karowe mine in Botswana

Mayer Brown advises Sykes Holiday Cottages on acquisition of Forest Holidays

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