John has experience in advising special situation funds, private equity funds, and event driven funds on M&A and special situations transactions, including loan-to-own restructurings, portfolio acquisitions and disposals, minority debt and equity investments, corporate governance and joint ventures.
Experience Highlights
An institutional investment management firm on a line of equity investment into a UK telecom infrastructure provider and commercial contracts relating to the construction, management and marketing of 5G telecom infrastructure
CarVal Investors on the acquisition of a loan portfolio and related arrangements (assisted)
Deutsche Bank on the acquisition of various loan portfolios and related financings (assisted)
Davidson Kempner on the acquisition of various loan portfolios and related arrangements
P2P Global Investments on equity and debt investments in several peer-to-peer lending platforms (assisted)
A distressed debt firm on its loan-to-own-acquisition of a UK care home group
Centerbridge Partners on its sponsor role and ongoing management of the leading German auto-repair group, A.T.U.
A global trading platform on its acquisition of the assets of a UK electronic trading platform
Alchemy Partners on the loan-to-own acquisition of Endeka Ceramics (assisted)
Credentials
BPP Law School, London, 2011
Oxford Brookes University, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2010
Oxford University, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 2009
John was on secondment to a client and returned April 1, 2021
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
