Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP's Restructuring & Special Situations practice offers longstanding expertise in financial and operational restructuring, including cross-border restructuring, as well as in insolvency matters and distressed M&A. Practice head Frank Grell also focuses on financial and operational restructuring and complements this with expertise in insolvency-related litigation and refinancing, which is regularly called upon by debtors, creditors and insolvency administrators. In May 2024, the restructuring experts Jörn Kowalewski, Ulrich Klockenbrink and counsel Hendrik Hauke moved to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

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'Very trustworthy and competent.'
'Frank Grell is very reliable and very good in legal matters.'
'The team around Frank Grell is among the absolute market leaders.'
'Frank Grell is the epitome of calm in crisis situations and masters his profession like no other.'

Key clients

ACCENTRO Real Estate AG
Arvos
Barings
Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V. (BdB)
Centerbridge Partners
Demire AG
LEONI AG
Löwen Play / Safari Holding Verwaltungs GmbH
NordLB
PlusServer
Schur Flexibles
SGB Smit
Tom Tailor
Vivonio Gruppe

Work highlights

Advising ACCENTRO Real Estate AG on another amend & extend refinancing transaction for both of its German bonds, which was implemented in accordance with the German Bond Act, as well as in connection with a non-binding expression of interest regarding a potential takeover offer.
Advising the senior lenders of the Arvos Group on financial restructuring and full recapitalisation of the Germany-based Arvos Group via a UK Scheme of Arrangement, which included a partial exchange of debt for equity and a total debt reduction of the group of over €210 million.
Advising the PlusServer Group on its cross-border debt restructuring, including the application of an English Scheme of Arrangements to implement the financial restructuring of the German group and the transfer of ownership from the existing private equity sponsor to the group's lenders.