Anthony has worked with stressed and distressed businesses for over 25 years, focusing over the last 13 years on advising management teams and boards in financial restructuring and Value Delivery situations.

Anthony has advised across a wide range of industries and has particular expertise in European real estate.

Prior to joining THM, Anthony worked for EY and Andersen. He has also spent a year on secondment at a major European bank.

Anthony Place

Independent Director and Chairman of a Dutch property group with 271 commercial properties in Germany. Oversaw establishment of a standalone operating company and appropriate group governance structure. Led the lease negotiation with the key tenant which was in financial distress.

Independent Director of a Dutch property holding company with significant retail assets based in Germany and a CMBS debt structure. Oversaw stabilisation, options review and ultimate sale of the group.

Chief Restructuring Officer of one of Iceland’s largest lease finance businesses with c£300 million of debt.

Leading a contingency planning exercise for one of the major NAMA debtors in Ireland, with c€350 million of debt.

Advising Four Seasons Health Care on its £1.7 billion financial restructuring and providing board level support in respect of the subsequent CMBS notes extension.

Advising the board of Johnson Service Group Plc on its c£200 million restructuring and recovery plan.

Advising Cementbouw BV Group on its €225 million restructuring and sale to CRH plc.

Leading the review of the facilities management and property services divisions of a quoted construction business with a combined turnover of c£500 million.

Leading the review of the Asia Pacific region of a communications infrastructure business with c£300 million turnover.

Advising the board of a global leader in production technology with revenues in excess of £4 billion, in relation to a £2.7 billion restructuring.

Matt has over 25 years’ experience in the operational and financial restructuring of complex multi-national companies.

His experience includes acting as CRO and board adviser to distressed companies, hands‑on crisis stabilisation and managing multi‑project operational programmes.

Matt is a Chartered Management Accountant and worked for Andersen prior to joining THM.

Matt Hinds

CFO of Britax, an international manufacturer of child restraint systems. Restructuring implemented through an Article 9 enforcement in the US. Matt continues to serve as CRO, interim CEO and board member, guiding the business through the initial response to the COVID-19 crisis.

CRO of Delsey, an international luggage group based in Paris. Restructuring implemented through a 

 process. Matt continues to serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, guiding the initial stages of the turnaround programme.

Adviser to Pelican Rouge Group in relation to restructuring options, short term cash and crisis management within French subsidiary.

Financial adviser to the Informal Creditors Committee of Glitnir, an Icelandic bank with in excess of €15 billion of debt.

Joint CRO of Exista, an Icelandic holding company focused on financial services and telecommunications, during the restructuring of a group with in excess of €2 billion of debt. Matt continues to serve as Chairman of the Board.

CRO of Eimskip, an Icelandic shipping and transportation business, during the restructuring of €1.6 billion of debt.

Adviser to the lenders of airline and tour operator XL Leisure Group plc during lead up to administration.

CRO of Danoptra Holdings Limited during recapitalisation and debt for equity swap (£200 million debt).

Deputy CFO of Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts during operational restructuring, recapitalisation and debt for equity swap (£2.1 billion debt).

Professional services programme manager during wind‑down of Andersen Worldwide (£500 million debt).

Michael has worked with stressed and distressed businesses for over 30 years, taking board positions as CRO and Chairman in financial restructuring and complex operational turnaround situations.

Michael has worked and advised across a wide range of industries in both private and public companies and with a range of different financial sponsors and stakeholders including hedge funds, private equity and commercial banks.

Prior to joining THM, Michael was self employed at Keppel Managementpartners GmbH, having previously worked for AlixPartners, Alvarez & Marsal and Droege Group. He started his career with KPMG.

Michael Keppel

CRO and Executive Managing Director of beauty platform Douglas GmbH, Düsseldorf, sucessfully leading a number of change programmes including store optimisation and target operating model and delivering a €120m EBITDA improvement. In addition, achieved a €2.5bn refinancing as member of the executive board

CRO of automotive supplier Eisenmann SE, leading the out-of-court restructuring, negotiations with OEMs and financial sponsors and developing and executing the agreed strategy which included working as part of the insolvency administrator team to implement insolvency procedures and the ultimate sale of the company

Advising Schlemmer GmbH and its financial sponsor in setting up the successful restructuring programme and refinancing

Managing Director of Atlantik S.A., Luxemburg, a special purpose vehicle for the financial sponsors of Pfleiderer Group; responsible for taking the Group out of insolvency, the restructuring and the eventual exit. Chairman of the supervisory board and shareholder committee of Pfleiderer Group to lead a €350m high yield bond refinancing, reverse take over and IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Chairman of the supervisory board of Kathrein SE during its restructuring and subsequent asset disposal programme impemented to pay down financial obligations

Chairman of IVG AG during its restructuring and ESUG-Insolvency procedure

Overseeing the restructuring and sale of Temmler Werke Holding as Co-Trustee

Restructuring of PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co.KG, including a €6bn refinancing as CRO and member of the executive board

Leading the restructuring of SecurLog GmbH (exHeros) as CEO, CRO and finally as General Agent of the investment vehicle

Restructuring of the drugstore chain Ihr Platz GmbH & Co.KG, Osnabruck, in an insolvency procedure/ self adminstration as CRO, CFO and Head of Logistics

Edward has over 25 years’ experience working for public and private companies in financial restructuring situations, including acting as CRO.

Edward has over 25 years’ experience working for public and private companies in financial restructuring situations, including acting as CRO.

Edward has worked in numerous sectors across the UK, US and Continental Europe and previously worked in M&A.

Edward is a Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining THM, he worked for Deloitte and Andersen.

Edward Wildblood

Adviser to the company and Non Executive Director on the board of Interserve Group Ltd, a global facilities management, construction and equipment rental business.

Non Executive Director of Lebara Group BV through the 2019 financial restructuring process.

Acting Non Executive Director of an international oilfield services business.

Led the short term cash flow forecasting and reporting process and member of the restructuring committee for Carillion plc from December 2017.

Adviser to the company on the $3.7 billion refinancing of Premier Oil plc.

Alternate director and adviser to the board on the €1 billion restructuring of Scholz Holding GmbH.

Adviser to the Security Agent on the sale of the Rijnmond Energie power plant.

Board observer and adviser to the securitisation vehicles on the £2.2 billion financial restructuring of Punch Taverns plc.

Adviser to the company on the £300 million refinancing and corporate restructuring of an Icelandic lease finance business.

Joint CRO and adviser to the board on the £80 million financial restructuring of Hampson Industries plc.

Adviser to the company and the board on the €1.3 billion financial restructuring of Quinn Group Limited.

Adviser to the Management Board of Almatis during its $1 billion financial restructuring.

Adviser to the company on the £530 million financial restructuring of Incisive Media.

Adviser to Four Seasons Health Care on its £1.7 billion financial restructuring.

Adviser to the Joint Administrators on the sale of The Works Retail Limited.

Adviser to the company on the £193 million refinancing of SMG plc.

Adviser to the Ad Hoc Committee of creditors on the £6.2 billion financial restructuring of the Eurotunnel Group.

Adviser to Kiekert Holding GmbH on its €480 million financial restructuring.

Adviser to the Joint Administrators on the sale of business of the European subsidiaries of Collins & Aikman Corporation.

Chris has over 16 years’ restructuring and value delivery experience across a range of industries and jurisdictions.

Chris has extensive experience in leading restructuring assignments and managing liquidity. In addition, he has recently led a number of long term value delivery assignments in the real estate sector, including taking independent director and CFO roles.

Chris is a Chartered Accountant. He previously worked in restructuring for Kroll.

Chris Davis

Independent director to a real estate bridge financing platform to include overseeing the establishment of the finance function and ensuring an appropriate governance structure.

CFO of a group of Irish based companies in the property development sector. This included the establishment and ongoing management of the group finance function and capital raising of €0.7 billion for investment and development purposes.

Leading liquidity management processes on a number of THM restructuring assignments, including:

Survitec, a global safety and survival equipment business during its £0.5 billion restructuring.

A listed international support services, construction and equipment services business.

Exista ehf, an Icelandic holding company focused on financial services and telecommunications, during the restructuring of a group with in excess of €2 billion of debt.

Eimskip, an Icelandic shipping and transportation business with €1.6 billion of debt.

Johnson Service Group, a listed managed support services group, during its £200 million refinancing.

Delivering restructuring solutions to a £115 million portfolio of Enterprise Zone loan investments in the real estate sector.

Advising the Restructuring Committee of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company AD (trading as Vivacom) during the restructuring of the group’s €2 billion capital structure. Co‑­ordinating the wind down and liquidation of the remaining Dutch and Bulgarian group companies post restructuring. This included being appointed director and subsequent liquidator of the Dutch entities to ensure an orderly solvent liquidation and distribution to the original lenders.

Providing restructuring support to the Board of Azincourt Investment SL during the £380 million financial restructuring of FCC’s UK business (formerly Waste Recycling Group).

Advising an Eastern European manufacturing company through its restructuring process, including options analysis and running a sale of business process.

Andrea has over 16 years’ experience working as a CRO, director, adviser and buy-side investor in restructuring transactions.

Since joining THM, Andrea has advised on a range of large, complex European restructuring situations including several bank resolution processes.

Andrea is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He previously worked for Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.

Andrea Trozzi

CRO and Independent Director of intu (SGS), a UK property company owner of four large shopping centres with a value of £1.3 billion. Leading the financial and operational stabilisation, including establishing the independent operational capability of the group, post insolvency of the topco (intu plc) to maximise value for stakeholders.

Independent Director on the board of the property companies of the European real estate arm of the Steinhoff group, which owns 138 properties across Europe. Leading the asset disposal process across the group with the objective of maximising value for stakeholders.

Adviser to a leading investment fund in relation to the short term liquidity assessment of a leading listed Italian housewares and coffee machines manufacturer.

Adviser to the Conflicts Committee of Seadrill Partners LLC (

), an offshore drilling rigs owner and operator, in the context of: (i) the financial restructuring of its $2.3 billion bank facilities; (ii) the financial restructuring of its $2.8 billion Term Loan B (held by par lenders and secondary buyers); and (iii) SDRL’s (SDLP’s controlling shareholder) Chapter 11 process.

Adviser to the Informal Creditors Committee of Glitnir, an Icelandic bank with in excess of €15 billion of debt.

Adviser to Straumur, an Icelandic Investment Bank with international operations in the UK and Denmark, on the restructuring of the group’s €1.8 billion debt.

Adviser to a UK public body on the recovery of its £16 billion claim following nationalisation of a major UK financial institution in 2008.

Adviser to a UK and European hotels and conference venues group on the restructuring of the group’s £400 million debt.

Adviser to an investment fund as the majority shareholder in a leading UK listed retailer on its cost optimisation programme

Adviser to the private equity sponsor in the restructuring of Samsonite, the global luggage business.

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