
Senior Managing Associate
Tawnee Harker
- Private Equity
- Restructuring
TAWNEE HARKER focuses on debt restructuring and special situations financing. She advises a diverse range of clients including distressed investors, banks and creditor/noteholder committees on various transaction structures across different industry sectors and jurisdictions. Tawnee has experience in direct lending transactions for both borrowers and lenders, financial restructurings, and analyzing investments in distressed or special situation credits.
Experience
- Representative Matters
Select representative experience includes acting for:
- Hilong Holding Limited as lead international counsel in a restructuring of Hilong’s offshore U.S. dollar-denominated notes.
- A debtor with a global presence in the cargo/ground handling sector in relation to a potential restructuring of the group’s capital structure.
- A creditor committee in relation to the restructuring of Intralot S.A., a Greek-based gaming group.
- A lender in connection with the refinancing of Elevo Group, a Portuguese-based engineering and construction group.
- The lenders to Hemisphere International Properties B.V. with respect to the restructuring of its €750 million revolving credit facility.
- The unitranche lenders of the Casual Dining Group on its restructuring, implemented by way of a lender-led acquisition.
- A group of senior debt/cross holders in the refinancing of Spanish gaming company Codere SA’s senior facilities.
- The lead creditor in the restructuring of the German automotive business ATU.
- A lender lending against intellectual property assets of a high-profile European retailer in the context of that retailer’s imminent distress.
- A creditor committee on the ongoing restructuring of Marme Inversiones, the Santander HQ propco through a Spanish law liquidation process.
- Investors on the rescue or special situation financings of Abengoa SA, The Pinnacle Group, Geoquip Marine, Solidal, and Gruppo Boluda.
- Distressed investors on a number of other confidential investments.
*Some of the above matters were handled by Tawnee prior to joining Sidley.
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Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
- BPP University Law School, LL.M., 2008
- University of Newcastle, LL.B., 2007