Sidley Austin LLP
Client SatisfactionUnder the leadership of Jifree Cader and Mark Knight, Sidley Austin LLP has achieved considerable success acting as a standalone team as well as by effectively leveraging other key practice areas and international offices at the firm. This is best exemplified by its continued work for beleaguered Chinese real estate companies, where the team works alongside the firm's Hong Kong capital markets practice which advised on the original high-yield debt issuances now in need of restructuring in light of market conditions. The team is also active in UK and European situations, where as well as company-side work it also regularly acts for distressed investors and creditors.
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Key clients
- China Fortune Land Development
- Merced Capital (Telford Offshore)
- Coupang Inc
- Global Loan Agency Services Limited (Galapagos)
- Sunac China Holdings Limited
- Atento Luxco
- Zhongliang Holdings Group
- Kaisa Group Holdings
- Logan Property Holdings
- Tristan Oil
Work highlights
- Represented Sunac China Holdings Ltd in the restructuring of its $10.2bn offshore debt by way of a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement with parallel Chapter 15 proceedings in the US.
- Represented Atento in its successful restructuring and capital raise implemented via two parallel, inter-conditional and multi-class UK restructuring plans.
- Advised Coupang, Inc. in the completion of its acquisition of the business and assets of Farfetch Holdings plc, in a rescue deal through an English prepack administration process.
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Practice head
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Jifree Cader, Mark Knight