Robert Sandes

Robert has advised on the below matters:

• Advising Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in connection with a scheme of arrangement by its Hong Kong subsidiary, Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Limited.

• Advising Studio City in connection with amendments to and the refinancing of its US$1.4 billion senior secured term loan and revolving facilities.

• Advising the ad hoc Steering Committee of bondholders of Kaisa Holdings in relation to Kaisa’s outstanding US$2.5 billion of defaulted bonds.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Robert has advised on the following:

• Acting for a Middle East based shipbuilding and ship repair company in connection with its in-court debt restructuring.

• Acting for a major Middle East holding group in connection with its debt restructuring.

• Acting for the administrators and receivers of companies in a mining group operating primarily in Africa.

• Acting for lenders in connection with financial restructurings of Russian and Ukrainian aluminum and steel groups.

• Acting for the coordinating committee of senior lenders in connection with the financial restructuring of an Irish energy group.

• Acting for lenders in connection with the financial restructuring of a major European technical services group.

• Acting for lenders in connection with the financial restructuring of a global wind turbine manufacturer.

• Acting debtor and creditor side in connection with two separate financial restructurings of UK hotel groups.

• Advising administrators in relation to a number of UK based property companies, including a request for assistance under s426 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

• Advising a European bank in relation to its claims in the insolvency of an Icelandic bank.

• Acting for lenders in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a leading chemicals manufacturer.

Clifford Chance LLP, London & Moscow, 2009–2015