Theon Chalklen is a restructuring and special situations partner in the London office of Golden Flag International Law Firm. His legal focus also extends to syndicated finance and private credit.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Golden Flag Theon advised:
Food delivery brands group on its approximately €500 million restructuring.
Prior to joining Golden Flag, Theon advised:
The revolving and ancillary facility creditors on the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganisation of CWT.
The Löwen Play group on the restructuring of its senior secured notes via an English scheme of arrangement.
The Eddie Stobart transport and logistics group on its liquidity financing and public takeover.
Senior creditors on the restructuring of agribusiness and retail group Agrokor under Croatia's extraordinary administration corporate rescue procedure.
The New Look retail group on the restructuring of its notes and revolving facility debt via English schemes of arrangement.
The creditors on the bankruptcy and takeover of the JSC Antipinsky Refinery.
The super-senior hedge counterparties and the largest senior lender on an enforcement against the Tchenguiz hotel group.
The Steinhoff group on the restructuring of its European businesses.
The mandated lead arrangers on committed debt financing for a bid on Thyssenkrupp’s elevator unit.
The mandated lead arrangers and second-lien investors on debt financing for the public-to-private acquisition of payments processing group Paysafe by Blackstone and CVC.
The mandated lead arrangers on debt financing for an unsolicited public takeover offer for an international food business headquartered in Switzerland.
Epiris on debt financing for its acquisition of Inchscape Shipping Services.
Epiris on debt financing for its public-to-private acquisition of Euromoney.
Swiss pharmaceutical company Galderma on its post-IPO syndicated refinancing.
Private equity sponsors on committed debt financings supporting bids on Envirotainer, Nemera, E+I Engineering and the Comdata group.
The mandated lead arranger on a refinancing of European hotel chain A&O Hotels and Hostels.
The mandated lead arrangers and second-lien investors on financing for the acquisition of chemicals manufacturer Safety-Kleen by Apax.
The mandated lead arrangers on a refinancing of the Exact cloud software group.
The mandated lead arrangers on a refinancing of the OVH cloud software group.
The super senior creditors on unitranche financing for the acquisition of the Portman dental care chain by Core Equity Holdings.
The mandated lead arrangers on debt financing for the acquisition of the Lumenis medical laser group by Baring.
The second lien lenders on debt financing for the acquisition of French insurance brokerage group Financiere Holding CEP by Bridgepoint.
The mandated lead arrangers on committed debt financing for a bid on residential care group Armonea.
The mandated lead arrangers on committed debt financing for a bid on French water infrastructure group Holding d'Infrastructures et des Metiers de l'Environnement.
The mandated lead arrangers on a series of incremental financings and high-yield notes taps supporting strategic acquisitions by Unilabs.
The investment adviser for one of the world’s largest venture capital funds in relation to the structuring and implementation of its co-investment scheme.
