Joshua Bauernfreund

JOSH BAUERNFREUND advises debtors, creditors, sponsors, investors, boards, and insolvency practitioners on the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, including in- and out-of-court restructurings, liability management exercises, contingency planning, distressed M&A, and contentious and non-contentious insolvency scenarios.

Josh has extensive experience working across a broad range of sectors, including retail, financial services, leisure and entertainment, construction, facilities management, travel, and oil and gas.

• A consumer car loan provider on the sale of its business, completed through a pre-pack administration process.
• A private equity sponsor in connection with the consensual debt for equity swap of one of its portfolio companies.
• A well-known UK retailer on the holistic restructuring of its financial and operational liabilities, implemented through a UK restructuring plan.
• The Official Receiver and Special Managers in connection with the liquidation of a major UK oil refinery, including in relation to the sale of the refinery’s assets and associated infrastructure.
• A leading pan-European retailer on the sale and subsequent restructuring of its subsidiary, a major UK high street retailer, implemented through a UK restructuring plan.
• A global cinema chain in connection with the financial restructuring of its US and UK businesses, implemented in parallel through Chapter 11 cases and a UK pre-packaged administration.
• A leading UK retailer on the acquisition out of administration of the majority of the assets of a UK high street retailer.
• An African financial services group on its financial restructuring.
• A major European retailer on its financial restructuring, implemented in parallel by way of a UK scheme of arrangement and a Dutch security enforcement process.
• One of the world’s leading support services and construction groups in connection with its comprehensive deleveraging plan.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.