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    Chris Beatty

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    Chris Beatty is a partner in the Firm’s Asia Pacific offices whose practice focuses on cross-border restructurings and corporate finance transactions, advising credit funds, sponsors, corporations, lenders and broker-dealers on original credit and workout transactions globally.

    He brings expertise in private credit, special situations, distressed debt transactions, rescue finance, liability management and restructuring, acquisition finance and secured and unsecured corporate finance transactions. Additionally, Mr. Beatty’s transactional experience includes a wide variety of public and private offerings of debt, equity, convertible and hybrid securities, in addition to traditional lending.

    Mr. Beatty is ranked as “Highly Recommended” by IFLR1000 in the Banking, Debt Capital Markets and High Yield Capital Markets.

    Prior to his time in the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Beatty was based in the Firm’s London office from 2014 to 2022, prior to which he was resident in the Firm’s New York and Sydney offices.

    Chris Beatty律师是苏利文亚太区办事处的合伙人,其业务领域侧重跨境重组和企业融资交易,向信贷基金、保荐人、公司、贷方和证券商就全球范围内原始信贷和解决交易事宜提供法律服务。

    Chris Beatty律师擅长私募信贷、特殊情况、不良债权交易、救援融资、债务管理和重组、收购融资以及担保及非担保企业融资交易。此外, Chris Beatty律师的交易经验还包括多种公开和私募债券、股权、可转换及混合证券的发行,以及传统贷款。

    Chris Beatty律师在银行、债券资本市场及高收益资本市场领域获《国际金融法律评论1000强》评为“高度推荐”。

    在任职于本所亚太办事处之前, Chris Beatty律师于2014年至2022年在本所伦敦办事处工作,在此之前他曾在本所纽约及悉尼办事处工作。

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    S&C Shortlisted for Two Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia Pacific

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    No Va Land Restructuring Recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts

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    S&C Advises Initial Purchasers of Karoon’s $350 Million Debut Notes Offering

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    Experience

    Experience

    Restructuring and Liability Management

    • FTX as debtor’s counsel in its pending Chapter 11 proceedings (ongoing) and Meyer Burger as debtor’s counsel in its global restructuring
    • An ad hoc committee of bondholders of No Va Land Investment Group Corporation in the restructuring of No Va Land’s US$300 million Convertible Bonds via a pre-packaged scheme of arrangement in Singapore – “Restructuring Deal of the Year” by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2025 and “Successful Restructurings of 2024” by Turnarounds & Workouts
    • An ad hoc committee of bondholders in a potential restructuring of around $1.8 billion offshore bonds issued by China SCE Group Holdings Limited (ongoing)
    • An Ad Hoc Group of bondholders of European TopSoho Sàrl, a subsidiary of Shandong Ruyi and the parent company of SMCP (ongoing)

    • An Ad Hoc Group of Bondholders of Oriflame, a Swedish cosmetics maker (ongoing)
    • An Ad Hoc Group of Convertible Bondholders of Arrival in a distressed “uptier” exchange and new money investment, which has been followed by the insolvency of the Arrival business and marketing of the Arrival assets for sale by its administrator (ongoing)
    • The lead secured creditors on the sale of certain of Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA’s material assets through a prepacked bankruptcy proceeding before the Tribunal de l’Entreprise in Liège, Belgium
    • The lead secured creditors on the sale of Arrival SA through insolvency proceedings in multiple jurisdictions
    • The secured lenders in the restructuring and recapitalization of Biocartis Group NV
    • Barclays Bank Plc as administrative agent and sole bookrunner to Cineworld Group plc in its Chapter 11 restructuring which involved a $1.935 billion Debtor-In-Possession credit agreement
    • The secured lenders to Mithra Pharmaceuticals on the bridge-to-insolvency secured financing and subsequent sale of substantially all of the assets of Mithra to a third party in the court-approved Belgian insolvency of Mithra Pharmaceuticals
    • Two funds in the distressed “uptier” exchange and convertible loan financing for Biocartis which was followed 12 months later by a debt-for-equity swap following an out-of-court security enforcement over substantially all of the assets of Biocartis
    • The largest creditor in the Part 26A restructuring plan of the Project Fürst development in Berlin
    • Two credit funds on a private exchange of outstanding bonds for new bonds and warrants of Trinity Biotech
    • A credit fund on a private “downtier” exchange of outstanding bonds for equity in Peabody Coal
    • The Dealer Managers on a tender offer by Rallye
    • An Ad Hoc Group of lenders of Dummen Orange
    • BHP Billiton and CNH Industrial in respect of their liability management transactions
    • CSM Bakeries on its Amend & Extend financing transaction
    • The bondholders in the recapitalization of Norwegian Air Shuttle
    • The bondholders of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (DIA) in relation to a liability management transaction in respect of €300 million unsecured notes (2020)
    • The Carlyle Group (U.S.) in its investment in and restructuring of the Prezzo group (U.K.)
    • York Capital, who led the Ad Hoc Committee of Senior Secured Note Holders, in relation to Bibby Offshore Group’s financial restructuring and recapitalisation
    • The lender on the restructuring of UK/Australian law firm, Slater and Gordon
    • The Committee of Senior Secured Noteholders on the restructuring of Brighthouse Group Limited
    • An Ad Hoc Group of Revolving Lenders on the Expro bankruptcy
    • Pacific Drilling on its refinancing and restructuring
    • Atlas Iron on its restructuring by way of Australian Scheme of Arrangement
    • The second lien lenders in the restructuring of Doncasters
    • A bondholder in the restructuring of Steinhoff
    • Royal Bank of Scotland plc, HSH Nordbank AG, Piraeus Bank SA and Aegean Baltic Bank SA on the consensual restructuring of Danaos
    • The Committee of Unsecured Noteholders on the $3 billion global restructuring of Algeco Scotsman, Inc.
    • The Co-ordinating Committee of Creditors on the global restructuring of Abengoa, a Spanish renewables company operating in more than 80 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East
    • The Committee of Senior Secured Noteholders on the restructuring of Emeco Holdings Limited by way of Australian Scheme of Arrangement
    • The Senior Secured Creditors in the successful restructuring of Towergate Insurance Group
    • Zim Integrated Shipping in respect of its debt restructuring and its subsequent tender offer to purchase its outstanding 3.0% Series 1 Notes and 5.0% Series 2 Notes at 80% of face value

    Corporate Finance Transactions

    • The initial purchasers to Karoon USA Finance Inc. on its $350 million debut Rule 144A/Reg S offering of second-priority senior secured notes
    • The equity & debt holders to a newly formed litigation funding vehicle (2019) and an incubator in the drinks industry
    • Acting as U.S. and English financing counsel to CNH Industrial, Koninklijke Philips, Hellofresh and Signify N.V. on their corporate and acquisition finance transactions, capital markets financings and liability management transactions
    • Representing the lenders to Celsa Poland on its financing transactions
    • Several private family offices in connection with their private margin loan and other secured financings
    • Representing a credit fund that is the senior lender to the Aston Martin F1
    • Representing a credit fund that was the super-senior lender to PizzaExpress
    • Acting as U.S. counsel to the initial purchasers in multiple tranches Jaguar Land Rover’s high yield bonds and related liability management transactions
    • Representing credit fund that is the subordinated lender to FlixMobility
    • Representing a credit fund that is the senior lender to the Caffe Nero
    • Representing CSM Bakery Solutions on U.S. and English aspects of an amendment and extension of its credit facilities
    • The lenders and underwriters of Tele Columbus’ leveraged loan and high yield bond transactions and related liability management transactions
    • Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in connection with the acquisition financing for (i) the PNE takeover and (ii) the VTG takeover
    • Alcatel-Lucent in series of high-yield bond and term loan B refinancing transactions
    • SoftBank on an approximately $4.5 billion multi-tranche senior notes offerings
    • Elis S.A. in respect of Novalis S.A.S.’s €800 million high-yield senior note offering pursuant to Rule 144A/Reg S following Elis’s initial public offering

    重组及债务管理

    • 向债务人FTX就其拟根据美国破产法第11章的破产程序提供法律服务(正在进行中),以及向债务人Meyer Burger就其全球重组提供法律服务
    • 向债券持有人特别委员会就成功完成No Va Land Investment Group Corporation发行的3亿美元可转换债券的重组提供法律服务。本次重组通过新加坡的预先同意协议实施 —《国际金融法律评论》2025年度亚太法律大奖“年度最佳重组交易”,及《Turnarounds & Workouts》“2024年度成功重组”
    • 向债券持有人特别委员会就中骏集团控股有限公司(1966.HK)发行的约18亿美元境外债券的潜在重组相关事宜提供法律服务
    • 向European TopSoho Sàrl的债券持有人特别委员会提供法律服务,European TopSoho Sàrl是山东如意的子公司以及SMCP的母公司(进行中)
    • 向瑞典化妆品制造商 Oriflame 的债券持有人特别委员会提供法律服务(进行中)

    • 向Arrival的可转换债券持有人特别委员会提供法律服务,参与其不良 “高级”交换和新资金投资,其管理人在Arrival 破产后出售资产(进行中)
    • 向主要担保债权人就其在比利时列日企业法庭通过预打包破产程序出售Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA的部分重要资产提供法律服务
    • 向主要担保债权人就其在多个司法管辖区通过破产程序出售Arrival SA提供法律服务
    • 向Biocartis Group NV的担保贷款人就其重组和资本结构调整提供法律服务
    • 向作为Cineworld Group plc的行政代理和独家账簿管理人的巴克莱银行,就其根据美国破产法第11章的重组提供法律服务,该重组涉及一项19.35亿美元的债务人自行管理融资协议
    • 向Mithra Pharmaceuticals的担保贷款人就其获得法院批准的比利时破产案提供法律服务,参与破产前担保融资以及将 Mithra 的绝大部分资产出售给第三方
    • 向两支援助基金就其与Biocartis相关的不良 “升级”交换及可转换贷款融资提供法律服务,12个月后其绝大部分资产进行庭外安全强制执行后的债转股交易
    • 向柏林 Project Fürst 开发项目 Part 26A 重组计划的最大债权人提供法律服务
    • 向两支信贷基金就其将未清偿债券私人交换为Trinity Biotech的新债券及认股权提供法律服务
    • 向信贷基金就其将未清偿债券私人“降级”交换为Peabody Coal的股权提供法律服务
    • 向经销商经理就Rallye对其提出的要约收购提供法律服务
    • 向Dummen Orange的贷方特别委员会提供法律服务
    • 向BHP Billiton以及CNH Industrial就其债务管理交易提供法律服务
    • 向CSM Bakeries就其修订和延期融资交易提供法律服务
    • 向Norwegian Air Shuttle的债券持有人就其资本重组提供法律服务
    • 向Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (DIA) 的债券持有人就其3亿欧元非担保票据的债务管理交易提供法律服务
    • 向凯雷投资集团就其对英国Prezzo集团的投资和重组提供法律服务
    • 向领导高级有担保票据持有人特别委员会的York Capital就Bibby Offshore Group的财务重组及资本重组提供法律服务
    • 向一家英国/澳大利亚律所Slater and Gordon的贷方就其重组提供法律服务
    • 向高级有担保票据持有人委员会就Brighthouse Group的重组提供法律服务
    • 向循环贷款人特别委员会就Expro破产事宜提供法律服务
    • 向Pacific Drilling就其再融资和重组提供法律服务
    • 向Atlas Iron就其通过澳大利亚安排计划进行重组提供法律服务
    • 向Doncasters的第二留置权贷款人就其重组提供法律服务
    • 向Steinhoff的债券持有人就其重组提供法律服务
    • 向苏格兰皇家银行、HSH Nordbank AG、Piraeus Bank SA以及Aegean Baltic Bank SA就一致同意的Danaos重组事宜提供法律服务
    • 向无担保票据持有人委员会就Algeco Scotsman, Inc. 30 亿美元的全球重组提供法律服务
    • 向债权人协调委员会就Abengoa的全球重组提供法律服务,Abengoa是一家西班牙可再生能源公司,在欧洲、美洲、非洲、亚洲和中东的 80 多个国家开展业务
    • 向高级有担保票据持有人委员会就其通过澳大利亚安排计划重组Emeco Holdings Limited提供法律服务
    • 向高级有担保债权人就其成功重组Towergate Insurance Group提供法律服务
    • 向ZIM Integrated Shipping Services就其5400万美元的要约收购——以票面价值的80%购买其未清偿的利率为3.0%的系列1债券及利率为5.0%的系列2债券提供法律服务

    企业融资

    • 向Karoon USA Finance Inc.的初始购买方就其3.5亿美元根据144A规则/S条例发行的首例第二优先级担保票据提供法律服务
    • 向股权人和债权人就饮品行业新成立的诉讼融资工具以及孵化器事宜提供法律服务(进行中)
    • 作为CNH Industrial、Koninklijke Philips、Hellofresh以及Signify N.V.的美国及英国融资法律顾问就其公司和收购融资交易、资本市场融资以及债务管理交易提供法律服务(进行中)
    • 向Celsa Poland的贷方就其融资交易提供法律服务(进行中)
    • 向多家私人家族办公室就其私人保证金贷款及其他担保融资提供法律服务(进行中)
    • 向信贷基金就其作为Aston Martin F1的高级贷方提供法律服务
    • 向信贷基金就其作为PizzaExpress的超高级贷方提供法律服务
    • 作为多项债务的初始购买方的美国法律顾问,就捷豹路虎高收益债券以及相关债务管理交易提供法律服务
    • 向信贷基金就其作为FlixMobility的次级贷方提供法律服务
    • 向信贷基金就其作为Caffe Nero的高级贷方提供法律服务
    • 向CSM Bakery Solutions就其信贷设施涉及美国和英国方面的修订及延期提供法律服务
    • 向Tele Columbus的贷方和承销商就其杠杆融资、高收益债券交易及相关债务管理交易提供法律服务
    • 向摩根士丹利基础设施合伙人就其收购融资:(i)收购PNE以及(ii)收购VTG的相关事宜提供法律服务
    • 向Alcatel-Lucent就其一系列高收益债券及B类定期贷款的再融资交易提供法律服务
    • 向软银就其约 45 亿美元的多期优先票据发售提供法律服务
    • 向Elis S.A.在首次公开发行后就 Novalis S.A.S.根据144A规则和S条例发行的8亿欧元高收益优先票据提供法律服务
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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    • Chambers UK: Capital Markets
    • IFLR1000: Banking, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: High yield
    • Best Lawyers in Australia: Equity Capital Markets
    • The Legal 500 United Kingdom
    • 《钱伯斯英国》 – 资本市场
    • 《国际金融法律评论1000强》 – 银行、债券资本市场及高收益资本市场
    • 《澳大利亚最佳律师》 – 股权资本市场
    • 《英国法律500强》
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises CarUX in $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Pioneer Corporation

      June 27, 2025
    • S&C Advises Initial Purchasers of Karoon’s $350 Million Debut Notes Offering

      July 23, 2024
    • S&C Advises Bondholders on Successful Restructuring of No Va Land’s Convertible Bonds

      July 22, 2024
    • S&C Advises Oaktree on Financings for Rayonier Advanced Materials and Pitney Bowes

      August 1, 2023
    • S&C Advises AcBel Polytech in Deal to Acquire Power Conversion Division of ABB

      February 1, 2023
    • S&C Advises Philips in $2.7 Billion Acquisition of Medical Remote Monitoring Innovator

      January 13, 2021
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • S&C’s Partners Author Restructuring Law and Practice, Third Edition

      Books May 3, 2022
    • Andy Dietderich and Chris Beatty Regularly Contribute to Chambers Global Practice Guides – Insolvency since 2016

      Books June 15, 2020
    • S&C Hosts Sixth Annual European Restructuring Seminar in London

      Webinars September 13, 2018
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2004
    • Bucknell University, B.A., 2000

    Bar Admissions

    • England and Wales
    • New York
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    Related Practices

    Related Practices

    • General Practice
    • Australia/New Zealand
    • Credit & Leveraged Finance
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Europe
    • Oil & Gas
    • Restructuring and Special Situations
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