Maria Yip

Maria's experience includes advising:

• The ad hoc committee of term, RCF, and L/C lenders to ARVOS, the global manufacturer and supplier of industrial equipment, heat exchange, and transfer solutions, on its €590 million debt and equity recapitalisation transaction, implemented via a UK scheme of arrangement
• SGB-SMIT, the power transformer manufacturing group, on the amendment and extension of its c. €630 million debt liabilities, including a significant equity injection from sponsor One Equity Partners, via the first UK restructuring plan conducted by a Germany-headquartered business
• The senior creditors’ committee on the restructuring and recapitalisation of Pronovias, the Spanish wedding and occasion wear business
• Löwenplay, the German casino operator, on its debt for equity swap implemented via an English scheme of arrangement
• The committee of noteholders in connection with the c. €430 million restructuring of Haya Real Estate, the largest Spanish real estate servicing company and the largest bank-independent third-party servicer of real estate developer loans (REDs) and real estate owned assets (REOs) in Spain
• Bain Capital Credit on its investment in Alsea, the leading operator of quick service restaurants, coffee shops, casual and family dining establishments in Latin America and Europe
• The senior creditors committee in relation to the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) and subsequent c. £740 million debt and equity restructuring via the new UK ‘restructuring plan’ regime, of PizzaExpress, the UK and international casual dining group  
• The creditors committee in relation to the €1.9 billion debt and equity restructuring of Selecta, a Swiss-headquartered pan-European coffee and vending machine business
• Survitec Group, the UK-headquartered and global safety and survival equipment business, in relation to its corporate and financing representation and £450 million debt and equity restructuring
• The ad hoc committee in relation to the restructuring of Deoleo, S.A., a Spanish headquartered and global olive oil production and distribution business, involving a Spanish homologacion process, partial debt for equity swap, new rights issue, and complex intra-group reorganisation with business and asset hive down
• The committee of senior secured bondholders in relation to New Look, the UK-headquartered national fashion retailer, including the Corporate Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) of its store portfolio and a restructuring of its c. £1.35 billion debt capital structure via the injection of interim financing, public debt exchange, debt-for-equity swap, and new high yield bond issuance
• Thomas Cook, a global travel business, during its compulsory liquidation, in relation to its restructuring, refinancing, and the preparation of a scheme of arrangement to allow the implementation of a debt-for-equity swap
• A group of senior lenders in relation to FläktGroup, the German-headquartered global manufacturer of indoor air technology and management systems on its c. €390 million debt capital structure
• A lead investor in connection with the restructuring of General Healthcare Group’s (operating as BMI Healthcare) c. £2 billion opco/propco capital structure, Britain’s largest private healthcare group
• GSO Capital in relation to the public-to-private of Saferoad, the Nordic and European road equipment and infrastructure business, and ongoing corporate reorganisations post-acquisition
• The ad hoc creditor committee on the approximately €450 million debt and equity restructuring of the French-headquartered trucks leasing business, Fraikin Group*
• The committee of secured creditors on the approximately €900 million debt and equity restructuring of Van Gansewinkel Groep, a Benelux waste management business*
• The unitranche lender on the €70.5 million unitranche and acquisition facilities financing of Ambuiberica, a Spanish and Latin American ambulance operator business*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham