Owen Roberts

Senior Associate

London

Owen is a bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer based in our London office.

Owen has a range of experience on non-contentious and contentious bankruptcy and restructuring matters, acting for corporates, creditors, co-ordinating committees, shareholders, directors, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders across a range of sectors and frequently in the context of complex, cross-border restructurings.

Owen has eight years of experience with HSF Kramer.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

Consort Healthcare (Tameside) plc on its Part 26A restructuring plan (which was the first RP to be proposed by a PFI company)
Advising Made.com and its subsequent PwC administrators on the distressed sale process and pre-packaged administration sale to Next and recognition of the administration in France post-Brexit
The EY administrators of the 19 EMEA Nortel entities following the entry into COMI administrations under the EU Insolvency Regulation
Advising the administrators of Toucan Energy in connection with the administration of the UK solar farm operator and ongoing M&A process
Advising an existing investor in Mediapro on the acquisition of majority control in the 2022 recapitalisation, including negotiations with the ad hoc committee of first lien lenders and the investor group pursuing a loan to own strategy
Advising Three Hills Capital Partners on the 2020 restructuring and 2023 exit by way of a pre-packaged administration sale of Hunter Boots and the various restructurings of Byron Burgers
British Land, who formed part of an ad hoc group of landlords that opposed the restructuring plans of Virgin Active to rationalise its leasehold portfolio, in which the Court imposed one of the first cross-class cram downs. This was a landmark matter which led to a number of important principles being determined
The mezzanine lenders on the gategroup Part 26A restructuring plan which set the market in the cross-border effectiveness of this English restructuring process
A global provider of remote communication and IT solutions in respect of English law aspects of its US Chapter 11 proceedings
Advising in relation to the lender’s rights in respect of the distressed Whittington Hospital PFI project in Highgate, London and subsequently acting for the administrators of the Project SPV in bringing claims against the Trust following project termination
Acting for the Project SPV on the restructuring of the Kingston Hospital PFI project, including a number of disputes with the Trust regarding the validity of deductions and the calculation of compensation on termination
Advising certain of the former non-executive directors of Carillion plc in relation to all aspects of the insolvency of the Carillion Group, including advising in relation to appearances before Parliamentary Select Committees and successfully defending them in disqualification proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Advising the joint liquidators of the sports agency MP & Silva in respect of a preference application under section 239 of the Insolvency Act 1986