Chris Parrott
Counsel
chris.parrott@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Structured Credit
- Leveraged Finance
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Energy & Infrastructure
Biography
- Represents investors on a broad array of complex direct lending and special situations financing transactions.
- Significant experience advising on direct lending matters, liability management transactions and other types of complex financings.
- Advises on the financing aspects of restructuring matters.
Chris represents hedge funds, private credit and direct lending funds, banks and special situations/opportunistic investors on a wide variety of stressed, distressed and non-distressed lending arrangements, debt situations and funding structures. Chris also advises creditors on the financing aspects of cross-border workouts and financial restructurings transactions.
Representative Work
Chris's recent engagements include:
- Advising HPS Investment Partners on the refinancing of Havila Kystruten, a Norwegian shipping company.
- Advising an opportunistic investor on the refinancing of a shipping and shipbuilding group.
- Advising on various liquidity and distressed lending structures.
- Advising private credit investors on various acquisition and other lending structures – including senior and junior instruments, unitranche lending, holdco instruments, fund finance, private placements and whole business securitisation structures.
- Advising various creditor committees on the financing aspects of cross border restructurings.
LanguagesEnglish
English
EducationL.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2012
LL.M., University College, London, 2011
M.A., University of Cambridge, 2010
L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, 2012
LL.M., University College, London, 2011
M.A., University of Cambridge, 2010
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
