Adam Ridley
Senior Associate (Qualified in Scotland and New York)
Adam advises on a broad range of debt finance transactions, with a focus on domestic and cross-border restructurings and insolvency matters.
His clients include credit and special situations funds, companies in financial distress, directors, sponsors, banks and insolvency practitioners, across a variety of sectors and situations. Adam has particular experience on change of control transactions acting for funds.
Adam is a dual qualified lawyer, being qualified in both Scotland and the state of New York.
Experience
- Advising Ares Capital Corporation and related funds in connection with the takeover of Olympique Lyonnais by Michele Kang.
- Advising numerous fund clients on change of control transactions in relation to sponsor backed businesses alongside the restructuring of debt facilities at various levels of the capital structure.
- Advising numerous sponsors and debtors on change of control transactions, consensual and non-consensual debt restructurings and options planning.
- Advising global fashion brand, Superdry, on a complex capital and restructuring transaction which included an inter-conditional Part 26A Restructuring Plan, a refinancing of its debt facilities, a capital raising and delisting.