Recent examples of Philip’s representative experience at BCLP include:

• Acting for the joint administrators of Matches, a major online luxury fashion retailer, in connection with the sale of certain of its assets in administration via a credit bid structure.
• Acting for Harlan Capital Partners LLC on its acquisition, through a subsidiary, of the business and certain assets of Immersive Gamebox, an international virtual reality gaming business via a credit bid structure.
• Acting for Rights and Media Funding, a financial services company, on the acquisition by The Friedkin Group, Inc. of a majority stake in the English Premier League Club, Everton and its new stadium.
• Acting for the agent of a consortium of banks as lenders in relation to the sale of 8 Clifford Street, a prime office space in Mayfair, London, via a fixed charge receivership.
• Acting for the fixed charge receivers of Herbal House, a prime office block situated in Farringdon, London, on its sale to a third party purchaser.
• Acting for Wourth Group, a British lifestyle brand, in connection with its acquisition of the business and certain assets of Hotter Shoes via an administration sale, and subsequently on its acquisition of Peter Hahn GmbH via a German insolvency plan.
• Acting for Equiom Group, a global professional services provider, in relation to a complex, cross-border corporate and financial restructuring.
• Acting for a senior lender in relation to its interests as a plan creditor pursuant to the Aggregate Part 26A Restructuring Plan.
• Acting for a transport services provider in relation to a large-scale solvent corporate simplification exercise.
• Acting for Redde Northgate plc, a Premium Main Market listed vehicle rental and services firm, on its acquisition, through a subsidiary, of certain businesses and certain assets of Nationwide Accident Repair Services Limited by way of a pre-packaged administration sale.
• Acting for the joint administrators of FlyBe Limited, formerly the largest independent regional airline in Europe, on all aspects of the administration.
• Acting for the board of directors of Le Pain Quotidien on the bakery chain’s options in light of financial challenges brought on by the lockdown of the hospitality sector. This included an accelerated M&A process, which culminated in a pre-packaged administration sale.