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Overview
Tom McKay is a partner in the Financial Restructuring Group at Paul Hastings and is based in the London office.
Tom’s practice covers restructuring, insolvency and special situation matters across the spectrum, with particular focus on complex, high-value domestic and cross-border restructurings. He has acted on a number of market-leading transactions across a range of sectors (including real estate, healthcare, construction and energy) and has significant experience advising stakeholders on stressed and distressed debt, preferred equity and hybrid investments, in and out-of-court restructurings, insolvency procedures, capital solutions and liability management exercises.
Education
- College of Law, York, L.P.C. (distinction), 2006
- College of Law, York, G.D.L. (distinction), 2005
- University of Sheffield, B.A. (Hons), 2004, 1st class
Representations
- The note purchasers on the approximately $500 million PIK note issuance by Rossini Acquisition Sarl (a holding company of the Recordati group).
- An investment fund on its participation in the $1.25 billion senior financing of Dream Games, the Turkish mobile games developer.
- Cheyne Capital and Permira on their participation in $130 million growth funding raise by Kindred Concepts, trading as F1 Arcade, an experiential hospitality brand.
- The ad hoc committee of bondholders on the restructuring of VIC Properties.
- The liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management, the emerging markets-focused private equity group, on its liquidation proceedings.
- The majority creditor on the restructuring of the Four Seasons Health Care group.
- The European subsidiaries of Westinghouse Electric following the Chapter 11 filing by Westinghouse Electric and other U.S. group entities.
- Pillarstone on potential investments in Greek corporates and managing the non-performing exposures of certain Greek banks.
- Barclays Bank with respect to the restructuring of the General Healthcare Group and the two CMBS transactions (Theatre Hospitals No. 1 and No. 2 Plc).
- An investment fund in respect of its acquisition of a non-performing U.K. airport hotel loan portfolio.
- The special administrators of MF Global UK following the first-ever filing under the Special Administration Regime.
- A syndicate of banks on the restructuring of West Ham United Football Club.
- The administrators of Connaught plc and various subsidiary companies, including on the sale of the Connaught businesses.
- An Icelandic bank in restructuring negotiations with Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson and his various corporate holdings, including the Actavis Group.
- XL Leisure Group on its contingency planning and subsequent administration proceedings.
Matters may have been handled before joining Paul Hastings.