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About Caroline Platt
Caroline is a senior associate in the restructuring and insolvency team based in London.
Caroline has experience acting for lenders, borrowers, administrators, receivers and other key parties on domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency transactions. Her recent experience includes acting for ED&F Man on its cross-border refinancing and Bulb Energy on sale options and contingency planning, culminating in the UK's first energy supply company administration.
During her time at Freshfields, Caroline has been seconded to Goldman Sachs for six months.
Recent work
- Advising Tele Columbus AG, one of the leading operators of fibre networks in Germany, on its refinancing transaction including the amendment and extension at par of its c €1.1 bn senior financial debt by way of an English scheme of arrangement and a €300m capital contribution from its largest indirect shareholder.
- Advising ED&F Man, the global agricultural commodities group, on its $US 1.5bn cross-border refinancing, implemented by a UK restructuring plan.
- Advising Bulb Energy on options for its sale and contingency planning, culminating in its entry into the UK’s first energy supply company administration and advising the joint administrators of the parent company, including on options to sell Simple’s assets potentially as part of a wider sale of the Bulb business.
- Advising Debenhams on its “light touch” administration, as well as its previous pre-pack administration and company voluntary arrangements.
- Advising BMI Healthcare, one of the largest private hospital groups in the UK, on its recapitalisation and the transfer of ownership to its major landlord.
- Advising House of Fraser on its leasehold, leveraged loan and bond restructuring by way of company voluntary arrangements and schemes of arrangement and its subsequent entry into administration leading to a pre-packaged sale of the business.
- Advising the trustees of the Interserve pension scheme on the restructuring of the group's financial debt
- Advising the official receiver as liquidator and PwC as Special Managers of the Carillion Group on the liquidation of the Carillion business.