10/2/2026 9:04:07 AM Incentivisation in private credit portcos: equity after taking the keys? By Mark Petch Jat Bains A key focus for any private credit providers taking control of a borrower in a distressed scenario will be ensure that there are...
9/24/2026 1:21:07 PM Stress to success: key takeaways from our opportunistic credit seminar By Adam Caines Paul Keddie Nick O'Grady Nils Gravenhorst +1 more... Show less On 23 September 2026, Macfarlanes and PwC co-hosted Stress to Success: Assessing the Opportunistic Credit Playbook, a panel seminar...
9/8/2026 11:14:36 AM Five things we now know about landlord restructuring plans By Paul Keddie Simon Beale Timothy Bromley-White In the last few months the Court has sanctioned restructuring plans for Las Iguanas, for Poundstretcher, and for two related TG Jones...
4/30/2026 2:25:39 PM Capitalising on dislocation and complexity - Opportunistic credit in 2026 By Jat Bains Adam Caines Paul Keddie Andrew Perkins Nils Gravenhorst +2 more... Show less The private credit market entered 2026 at a pivotal juncture. While the asset class has matured over recent years, now matching the...
4/28/2026 11:46:07 AM Getting creative: Strategies for turning around a poor performing fund By Jat Bains Richard Fletcher Chris Daniel Matthew Ridgway Katherine Hensby +2 more... Show less Amid the macro-economic turbulence and geopolitical shifts that have so far characterised the 2020s, exit routes for funds have become...
2/26/2026 3:51:07 PM Eversholt Rail (365) Limited (in liquidation) – “Everything forever” information request hits the buffers By Paul Keddie Simon Beale Mark Edwardes Jones In Webb and another (as liquidators of Eversholt Rail (365) Limited (in liquidation)) v Eversholt Rail Limited and another [2026] EWHC...
1/29/2026 10:15:07 AM Private capital in casual dining: strategies for navigating a divided market By Jat Bains Paul Keddie Stephen Pike Shama Ams +1 more... Show less The casual dining and hospitality sector is navigating a period of profound upheaval, driven by macroeconomic pressures, regulatory...
9/29/2025 11:52:40 AM The new procedure for Schemes of Arrangement and Restructuring Plans By Paul Keddie Simon Beale Mark Edwardes Jones The Chancellor of the High Court has published a new Practice Statement in respect of schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans. It...
9/8/2025 1:28:41 PM Court of Appeal refuses interim injunction to suspend business "transformation plan" By Lois Horne James Popperwell Madeleine Brown Rebecca Mansbridge +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision to refuse an interim injunction that would have prevented a company from...
9/3/2025 11:28:40 AM Restructuring plans post-Petrofac – How do you make a Waldorf salad? By Paul Keddie Lois Horne Simon Beale In a well-known episode of the comedy “Fawlty Towers”, hotel boss Basil Fawlty was frustrated. A guest had asked for a Waldorf salad....
8/1/2025 10:30:38 AM Non-creditors may have standing to oppose recognition of foreign insolvency under common law By Lois Horne Paul Keddie Simon Beale Madeleine Brown +1 more... Show less In Vesnin v Queeld Ventures Ltd & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 951, the English Court of Appeal has ruled that in an application for recognition...
7/31/2025 12:01:00 AM Key issues to consider when private credit is given the keys to a borrower By Sophie Donnithorne-Tait Jat Bains Paul Keddie As private credit has increased its dominance over recent years, particularly in the financing of mid-market deals, so too has risen the...
7/11/2025 9:01:38 AM Restructuring plans post-Petrofac: How to demonstrate that the benefits of a restructuring have been allocated fairly By Jat Bains Paul Keddie Lois Horne On 1 July, the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision1 to sanction the restructuring plans proposed by two Petrofac group...
5/27/2025 4:27:37 PM Reforming the procedure for Schemes of Arrangement and Restructuring Plans By Jat Bains Paul Keddie Simon Beale Earlier this month, the Chancellor of the High Court launched a consultation seeking views on a draft Practice Statement to replace the...
5/1/2025 11:14:04 AM The International Comparative Legal Guides to Restructuring & Insolvency 2025 By Jat Bains Paul Keddie Simon Beale The ICLG Restructuring & Insolvency covers common issues in restructuring and insolvency, including issues that arise when a company is...
3/26/2025 10:49:08 AM Leveraged to distressed - navigating events of default: acceleration and enforcement challenges for lenders By Xian Wei Yeo Adam Caines Jamie Macpherson Experience of international financing transactions has shown us that legal constraints on a lender accelerating debt (demanding its...