Michael Kern

Certain Chapter 11 debtors and debtors-in-possession in connection with LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and certain of its affiliates securing approval from the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to implement alternative dispute resolution procedures to resolve claim disputes

Several mezzanine lenders in connection with the out-of-court restructuring of the financing of a German corporate group

Raine Capital LLC and Temasek Capital Management Pte. Ltd. on insolvency-related questions in connection with their investment in SoundCloud, a music streaming service

Sokolovsko-Sarbaiskoye Mining And Processing Industrial Group, the largest iron ore enterprise in Kazakhstan, in its negotiations with the Eurasian Development Bank in connection with the company’s €95 million structured commodity finance arrangement

An international investment bank in connection with the ATU restructuring

Several creditors in connection with the restructuring of IVG AG

The Hellenic Republic in its sovereign debt restructuring

Goldman Sachs as lender in the origination and several restructurings of the €3.6 billion financing secured by properties leased to the department store chain KarstadtQuelle (Arcandor)

Goodyear on various bank lending, structured finance and factoring transactions

ArcelorMittal in a series of Schuldschein loans in a total amount of €725 million

DCC Healthcare on financing-related questions in connection with its acquisition of Medi-Globe Group

Mercer International on financing-related questions in connection with its acquisition of German Holzindustrie Torgau (HIT) from Deutsche Bank

Several mezzanine lenders in connection with the amendment and extension of the financing of a German corporate group

OVH Groupe in connection with the refinancing of its financial indebtedness in the context of its initial public offering

Latour Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Omni-Pac Group

Belron S.A. in several rounds of secured financings

Latour Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Solvay’s barium & strontium and sodium percarbonate businesses

Aperam in a series of Schuldschein loans in a total amount of €190 million

CVC Capital Partners in connection with their initial leveraged buyout financing of the European businesses of the Campbell’s Soup group and subsequent covenant-lite dividend recaps, bolt-ons and refinancing, as well as the exit sale of Continental Foods to GBfoods, a division of Spanish food group Agrolimen

Latour Capital and Bpifrance in connection with the financing of their acquisition of the Environment Division of Plastic Omnium

Sodiaal International in connection with three series of Schuldschein loan agreements in the total amount of €220 million

Biscuit International and Biscuit Holding, portfolio companies of Qualium Investissement, in connection with the financing of their acquisitions of Nieuwko Holding B.V., the head of the Aviateur group in 2019, Arluy S.L.U. and Global Biscuits, S.L.U. in 2018, and A&W Feinbackwaren GmbH in 2017

Alpha Group as private equity sponsor in respect of the financing of its acquisition of European insulation materials group Ipcom

Oaktree Capital Management and Northwestern Mutual as lenders providing second lien financing to a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for the acquisition of sausage-skin manufacturer Kalle GmbH

Edenred in connection with a series of Schuldschein loan agreements in the total amount of €250 million

TPG Capital and other funds in connection with the financing of their acquisition of the Media Broadcast group, following its carve-out from the TDF group

The Vita Group in connection with its corporate refinancing including a pan-European factoring facility

Kraton Performance Polymers in the establishment of an asset-based revolving credit facility

Reichhold Holdings in connection with the extension and refinancing of a secured credit facility

Voya Financial in on financial regulatory questions in connection with a combination agreement with Allianz Global Investors

A leading sovereign wealth fund in connection with its investments in regulated entities in Europe

Deutsche Bank on the regulatory aspects of various Additional Tier 1, Tier 2 and Eligible Liabilities offerings in past years

Amundi on German regulatory matters relating to its acquisition of Pioneer Investment from Unicredit

GM on the regulatory aspects of the sale of its European financial operations to PSA Group

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) on all aspects of the ongoing development and implementation of a protocol that would result in adhering parties agreeing to give up certain events of default that arise upon the entry of a systemically important financial institution into resolution proceedings