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Nicola Hiestermann

Trainee solicitor
Nicola Hiestermann is a trainee solicitor at Linklaters LLP.

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The Mezzanine Lenders successfully take control of The LYCRA Company

The financial restructuring of The LYCRA Company is a rare example in the market in recent years of junior lenders effectively “driving the bus” and, in so doing, taking the fight to the sponsor. The Mezzanine Lenders seized operational control of the group across several jurisdictions, through the appointment of receivers and the cascading of board changes on an expedited basis ahead of acquiring the equity in the Dutch parent by way of one of the largest credit bid processes undertaken in the Netherlands to date. It is a critical illustration of the fact that even structurally (and contractually) junior creditors can work with senior creditors to deliver a carefully planned and negotiated outcome that preserves value in the interests of all creditors.

1 NOV 2022