If you want to read an account of some of Europe’s most important, and sometimes contentious, restructurings in the recent downturn written by the advisers that actually worked on the deals, then this is the book for you.

Introduction 5 Kon Asimacopoulos Kirkland & Ellis LLP Justin Bickle Oaktree Capital Management McCarthy & Stone 7 Richard Tett Freshfields LLP IMO Carwash 19 Adam Al-Attar 3-4 SouthSquare Monier 37 Melissa Coakley Mark Hyde Clifford Chance LLP Countrywide 51 Justin Bickle Oaktree Capital Management Yushan Ng Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP Truvo 61 Karen McMaster Yushan Ng Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP Autodistribution 75 Olivier Assant Nicolas Laurent Samuel Pariente Bredin Prat SGD 87 Martin Graham Oaktree Capital Management Eduardo J Fernandez Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP La Seda de Barcelona 103 Carlos Gila Gila & Co Richard Tett Freshfields LLP Alan Tilley Bryan Mansell & Tilley LLP Schoeller Arca Systems 115 Holly Neavill Latham & Watkins LLP Teun Struycken NautaDutilh Risanamento SpA 131 Bruno Cova Paul Hastings LLP Almatis 153 Kon Asimacopoulos Adam Paul Kirkland & Ellis LLP Justin Bickle Oaktree Capital Management WIND Hellas 163 Ben Davies White & Case Mark Glengarry Morgan Stanley European Directories 175 Kon Asimacopoulos Partha Kar Elaine Nolan Frederick Powles Kirkland & Ellis LLP Rodenstock 187 Florian Bruder Wolfgang Nardi Leo Plank Frederick Powles Kirkland & Ellis LLP Conclusions: lessons learned and emerging themes 197 Kon Asimacopoulos Kirkland & Ellis LLP Justin Bickle Oaktree Capital Management About the authors 199