Restructuring Law and Practice

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Contents
Chapter 1    Introduction to restructuring
Chapter 2    The Restructuring Process
Chapter 3    Information, Disclosure and year end Reporting
Chapter 4    Officers, fees and Financial Creditor Remuneration
Chapter 5    The Importance of Valuations in the Restructuring Process
Chapter 6    Restructuring Exits
Chapter 7    Schemes of Arrangement as a Restructuring Tool
Chapter 8    The Impact of the Pensions Act 2004 on Restructurings
Chapter 9    Restructuring and directors' Duties
Chapter 10  Rescue Rights Issues
Chapter 11  Credit Derivatives and Restructuring
Chapter 12  Chapter 11 Overview
Index
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Author Details
Chris Howard has over 20 years' experience in UK and cross-border restructurings. He is ranked in the top-tier of European restructuring lawyers by Chambers and he is a partner at Sullivan X Cromwell LLP, where he heads the European restructuring practice.
In relation to financial restructurings. Chris advises the leading investment and commercial banks and international corporations on multi-creditor cross border restructuring transactions. During the financial crisis he has been a lead legal adviser on the following market leading transactions:
*    Four Seasons Healthcare
*    Dubai Group
*    Yell (hibu)
*    HMV
*    Almatis
*    Arcapita Bank
*    London Scottish Bank
*    Warid Telecom
*    DPS
*    Petroplus
*    ATU
*    Halliwells
*    Incisive Media
*    Lamprell
*    Game
*    Republic
*    Luvata
*    Opal Housing
Bob Hedger is a well-known restructuring banker having been involved in many high profile situations since the early 1990s. He is currently Director Global Restructuring Group, UK Corporate, Royal Bank of Scotland. This role sees him lead large corporate and leveraged finance restructuring trans¬actions, largely in the UK but also in other jurisdictions. Bob has been in banking for 39 years and is highly regarded and experienced in his field having specialised in corporate restructurings/workouts since first becoming involved in a number of high-profile distressed corporate problems during the UK recession of the early 1990s. He has since been involved, most often as lead banker performing the role of co-ordinator, in a significant number of complex and well-publicised UK and cross border restructurings, involving a variety of different stakeholders.
Having joined the Special Situations Group within NatWest in 1990 and moved into the equivalent unit in RBS upon the takeover of NatWest in 2000, Bob has 23 years of continual relevant experience. Bob was nominated for and awarded the Society of Turnaround Professionals (STP) 'Turnaround Financier of the Year' in 200 J for his work in respect of the MyTravel restructuring and in 2008 co-authored the first edition of this book.
Examples of recent case experience through the recent financial crisis - the majority as lead banker - include:
*    Pendragon   
*    Premier Foods
*    DSGi
*    Four Seasons Healthcare
*    De Beers   
*    Dubai World
*    Yell (hibu)
*    Thomas Cook
*    Barchester Healthcare
*    Co-operative Group Ltd
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