Mark Knight

In recent years, Mark has advised:

• Sunac China Holdings Limited in its US$10.2 Billion Offshore Debt Restructuring.
• Recharge Industries, a portfolio company of Scale Facilitation, on its acquisition of Britishvolt Limited.
• China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd. in its US$4.96 billion offshore debt restructuring.
• Modern Land (China) Co., Limited in the restructuring of its US$1.34 billion offshore dollar-denominated notes.
• Merced Capital on the restructuring and acquisition of the Telford Offshore Group.
• The Learning Network, a leading educational services provider in the Netherlands and Belgium, on the completion of its sale to Dutch investment company, Intersaction and its associated restructuring.
• RiseSun Real Estate Development Co., Limited and its subsidiaries in the restructuring of the group’s offshore dollar-denominated notes.
• King Street on the financing of a hotel and apartment complex in Mayfair, London.
• GLAS on the restructuring of Nynas AB, a Swedish-based oil refinery business.
• Travelex on its financial and operational restructuring via a pre-packaged administration sale.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Azzurri Group.
• GLAS on the restructuring and refinancing of Royal IHC.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on its acquisition of CarTrawler, the leading B2B provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry, via a consensual restructuring.
• GLAS and TMF on the restructuring of BARTEC, a German manufacturer of explosion safety equipment.
• GLAS in connection with the restructuring of Galapagos Holding S.A.
• PE Sponsors in relation to their portfolio companies.
• GLAS in connection with the sale of Young’s Seafood Limited, one of the UK’s leading producers and distributors of seafood, to Karro Food Group.
• Bayside in relation to the rescue financing and subsequent restructuring of the Spanish retail business, Bodybell, implemented through a contested Homologation process.
• KKR in connection with its €241 million debt investment and acquisition of a 24 percent stake in the Spanish pizza chain, TelePizza.
• Centerbridge on the restructuring of the Apcoa group implemented, in part, through two separate scheme of arrangement procedures.
• KKR and Bayside on the financial restructuring of Dutch childcare service provider, Estro. Mark subsequently acted for Bayside and H.I.G. Capital on their acquisition of the Estro business by way of a Dutch ‘pre-pack’ bankruptcy process.
• A.T.U. in relation to the restructuring and reduction of its debt facilities by over €600 million.
• The Monier group, a leading international manufacturer and supplier of building materials, in relation to the extension and amendment of its €700 million debt facilities, implemented through inter-conditional schemes of arrangement of 13 borrowers, spanning six jurisdictions.
• Sankaty on the purchase of a portfolio of 26 distressed loans owned by members of the Lloyds Banking Group, with an outstanding value of more than £500 million, and the subsequent work-out phase of the portfolio.
• Strategic Value Partners on the €1.2 billion junior-led debt-for-equity restructuring of the Klöckner Pentaplast Group.
• First Lien Co-ordinating Committee of lenders to eircom in relation to the restructuring of its €4.1 billion debt facilities, principally through the Irish Examinership regime.
• Rodenstock GmbH, European manufacturer and supplier of spectacles and lenses in relation to the financial restructuring of its approximately €300 million debt facilities by way of a scheme of arrangement.
• The Mezzanine Steering Committee of TeleColumbus GmbH in relation to its financial restructuring through a scheme of arrangement.
• Codemasters, a leading computer games manufacturer, in relation to its financial and corporate restructuring, involving a debt-for-equity swap and a significant co-investment by Indian conglomerate, Reliance Industries.
• The Nybron group in relation to its multi-jurisdictional debt-for-equity restructuring.
• Japanese Airlines Corporation in connection with various aspects of its UK recognition proceedings under the Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Mark prior to joining Sidley.