Charles Maunder - Partner
charles.maunder@michelmores.com
Team: Restructuring & Insolvency
"Charles handles matters promptly and with confidence, he is very capable of sparring with the big firms" Legal 500 2011
Charles heads the Restructuring and Insolvency Team. Previously with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Charles is a specialist non-contentious restructuring and insolvency lawyer with significant experience in advising all types of stakeholders in distressed corporate situations.
Charles has particular experience in advising in complex restructuring transactions and in advising all forms of corporate insolvency officeholders on their duties and responsibilities including business disposals. In addition, Charles has significant specialist experience of advising corporates and lenders in relation to debt restructuring.
Significant matters include the following:
- Advising the administrators of Sendo International Limited on trust issues arising in respect of the insolvency of the company with liabilities in excess of $180m
- Advising MICE Group Plc, the fully listed multi-national group of businesses on the financial restructuring of its £80m loan facility
- Advising the Faith Shoes group of companies, a high street retail chain with over 200 retail outlets, on its financial restructuring, and pre-packaged administration sale
- Advising the Nicholl group on three rounds of the restructuring of its £80m loan facilities
- Advising the administrators of Oilexco North Sea Limited on the validity and enforceability of the company's more than £500m facilities and associated security
- Advising the liquidators of Gateway Broadcast Services Limited, a sub-Saharan Africa satellite TV broadcaster with rights to broadcast the English Premier League and many other rights in Africa
- Advising the UK private equity funder of a substantial French group with liabilities in excess of €30m in relation to a proposed move of the group's centre of main interests to England and a subsequent pre-pack administration
- Advising Thomas Sports Group Limited on its successful financial restructuring
- Continuing to advise the administrators of Altala Limited (the 'Health Lottery'), with debts in excess of £18m on the disposal of the business and potential claims
- Advising a significant hotel group with debts in excess of £120m on its successful debt restructuring
- Advising the administrators of Park Manufacturing Limited, an engineering and manufacturing business
- Advising a UK privately owned hotel chain on its financial liabilities and potential restructuring of its £80m debts
In addition to the above, Charles has advised numerous companies, directors and officeholders in a variety of distressed or insolvent situations.
"An excellent Insolvency lawyer" Chambers 2012
