Sean Lacey

Since joining Kirkland, Sean has worked on the following matters, advising:

• KKR-backed Selecta on the announcement of a comprehensive recapitalization transaction
• Stonegate on its c.£3 billion recapitalisation
• Constellation Automotive Group on its c.£4 billion recapitalisation
• TDR-backed Hurtigruten on its recapitalisation transaction and subsequent business separation and enforcement sales
• Northvolt AB and eight of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases
• An ad hoc committee of creditors on the successful $2.2 billion restructuring of the Intu SGS Group, implemented by way of UK scheme of arrangement
• Triton’s Arvos Group on a successful restructuring via an English scheme of arrangement
• Food delivery brands group on its approximately €500 million restructuring
• Hurtigruten Group on its recapitalization transaction
• Wittur Group on its financial restructuring
• Telepizza group on its financial restructuring
• Ad Hoc Group including Apollo, Tikehau and Cheyne on the recapitalization of Lecta
• The ad hoc group of creditors to Celsa Group on its restructuring through the first Spanish restructuring plan
• Keter Group on its refinancing and subsequent recapitalisation and sale
• Pronovias on its financial restructuring
• The super senior fulcrum creditors to Avanti on its dual pre-packaged administration sales
• The ad hoc senior secured bondholder committee on the restructuring and acquisition of Matalan
• An ad hoc group of lenders to Archer Limited on the successful refinancing and recapitalization
• Hilding Anders on its financial restructuring
• The ad hoc group of noteholders on the restructuring of the Spanish regulated financial services company, WiZink
• Nordic Aviation Capital on its restructuring
• The ad hoc group of the major third party financial creditors of the Steinhoff retail conglomerate on the c.€10 billion litigation proceedings
• PGS Group on its successful recapitalization
• The ad hoc committee of Hertz Europe senior notes
• DeepOcean with respect to its financial restructuring through a Part 26A UK restructuring plan: the first ever cross class cram-down to be successfully implemented under the new legislation – Winner of Legal Business Deal of the Year 2021 and ILFR Deal of the Year 2022
• PizzaExpress on all aspects of its operational and financial restructuring by way of Part 26A UK restructuring plan and inter-conditional company voluntary arrangement
• The ad hoc convertible bondholder committee on the restructuring of Steinhoff
• The ad hoc bondholder committee on the first restructuring of Matalan
• EQT on the recapitalization of ACPS
• The lead investors on the restructuring of Survitec
• Galapagos on all aspects of its financial restructuring
• Arvos Group on its A&E and financial restructuring
• The senior bondholders and lead investors on the restructuring of Debenhams
• The principal investors in connection with the restructuring of BMI Healthcare/GHG
• The senior bondholders on the restructuring of House of Fraser
• HPS on the financing of HSS Hire group
• Certain investors in Thomas Cook on its restructuring
• Permira Debt Managers in relation to second lien financing of Quant
• Toys ‘R’ Us on European aspects of its restructuring

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sean worked on the following matters, advising:

• The ad hoc group of senior lenders in relation to the restructuring of the Tunstall group
• Permira Debt Managers on the unitranche refinancing of the Soho House Group
• Wind Hellas on its high yield bond refinancing and parallel equity raise
• The mandated lead arrangers on the leveraged refinancing of the Moto group
• Carlyle on its $3.2 billion acquisition of chemicals company Atotech from Total S.A
• The private equity sponsors and company on the restructuring of the HC Starck group
• The senior lenders on the refinancing and restructuring of Global Garden Products
• Credit and investment funds in relation to a number of credit transactions including the acquisition financings of Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, Clean Laundry, Savoury & Sweet, parship, Kinaxia, Iris Software and Busy Bees, and the financings of Dexter Axle, ALcontrol, David Brown Gears, ClubCo and Hillarys Blinds
• A unitranche lender on the financial restructuring by way of a receivership sale of a retail business
• Senior lenders on the leveraged refinancing of Northgate Information Solutions
• Dixons Carphone plc on a series of major financing transactions
• Talk Talk plc on a series of major financing transactions including its first private placement and high yield bond issues
• Grainger plc on its c.£1bn senior secured refinancing including its inaugural senior secured bond issue and a series of other major financing transactions
• The mandated lead arrangers on the senior secured financing of Onex’s acquisition of Survitec from Warburg Pincus and subsequent bolt on acquisitions
• The ad hoc committee of bondholders on the financial restructuring of New World Resources
• The ad hoc group of senior secured lenders in relation to KKR’s acquisition and recapitalisation of Uralita SA
• The senior lender co-ordinating committee in relation to the financial restructuring of the Biffa Group
• The senior lender co-ordinating committee in relation to the financial restructuring of the Travelodge hotels group
• Senior secured lenders on the restructuring of Johnston Press plc and their subsequent exit by way of a par refinancing
• UK Coal plc on its opco/propco restructuring and a series of stressed refinancings
• Mezzanine lenders on the restructuring of Cory Environmental
• Senior lenders on the restructuring of iSoft, an Australian listed healthcare IT group
• Mezzanine lenders on the restructuring of the Barracuda pubs group
• An institutional investor on the restructuring of a unitranche financing of a student housing business
• Carphone Warehouse plc on its c.£900m refinancing and financing in connection with its merger with Dixons plc, and the financing aspects of its acquisition of 100% of the Best Buy joint venture

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

• Partner, 2011–2017
• Senior Associate, 2009–2011
• Associate, 2003–2007

Lehman Brothers

• Lawyer – fixed income, 2007–2008