Overview
Kevin Heverin is a counsel in our Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice based in London.
Kevin has significant experience representing clients in all aspects of complex restructurings, workouts, debt financings, special situations investing and insolvency matters. His experience includes roles advising companies and stakeholders such as banks, funds, noteholders, trustees, directors and insolvency practitioners on a range of complex cross-border restructurings and financings.
Kevin has completed secondments to the European Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs International and to the restructuring advisory team at Morgan Stanley.
Kevin is recognised as a key lawyer in this year’s Legal 500 2022 for Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency.
Experience
- Advised Mubadala in relation to the comprehensive financial restructuring of, and its further investment in, a strategically-important asset in Abu Dhabi.
- Valaris plc Chapter 11 Cases: Representing Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent and lender under a revolving credit agreement in connection with the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Valaris plc and certain of its subsidiaries.
- An ad hoc term loan lender group in the prepackaged chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of MD America Energy.*
- An ad hoc group of lenders holding approximately $175 million in senior secured term debt in the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Pioneer Energy Services Inc.*
- A number of special situations investors in relation to investments in the shipping and energy sectors.
- A counterparty in relation to its claims in the restructuring of Noble Group, implemented in part via an English law scheme of arrangement. *
- An ad hoc group of creditors on the restructuring of the indebtedness of Seven Energy.*
- A group of lenders on the US$1.4 billion restructuring of Danish shipping company TORM A/S by way of an English scheme of arrangement.*
- New World Resources plc on its comprehensive, cross-border balance sheet restructuring.*
- Oak Hill Advisors and York Capital in connection with their investments in Globalworth.*
- A coordinating committee of banks on the AED 2.8 billion financial restructuring of Tabreed, an Abu Dhabi-based district cooling company with operations across the Middle East.*
- GSO Capital Partners on the €215 million refinancing of the indebtedness of KP1, a leading French manufacturer of concrete products.
- The WIND Hellas group, the Greek telecommunications operator, on all aspects of its €1.8 billion financial restructuring, implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement and several 'pre-packaged' administrations.*
*Denotes prior firm experience
Qualifications
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Education
BPP Law School
Legal Practice Course (Distinction), 2007
Trinity College, Dublin
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Admissions
Of Note
Kevin is recognised as a key lawyer in this year’s Legal 500 2022 for Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency.
‘Kevin Heverin is an outstanding counsel; he has very high commercial acumen and is highly diligent.’
Legal 500 UK, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency 2022