Georgina Vale

Since joining Kirkland, Georgina has worked on the following matters:

• Advising Cineworld group and its UK subsidiaries on their financial and leasehold restructuring, implemented by way of four UK restructuring plans
• Advising Hurtigruten Group on its recapitalization action
• Advising Wittur Group on its financial restructuring
• Advising Cimolai S.p.A. and its parent, Luigi Cimolai Holding S.p.A., in relation to their respective restructuring plans under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006, launched in parallel with concordato preventivo proceedings in Italy in order to effect a holistic recapitalisation transaction
• Advising Flint Group on its €1.3 billion recapitalization
• Advising the Facility Agent in relation to the restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 of German company, SGB-SMIT GmbH

Prior to joining Kirkland, Georgina worked on the following matters:

• Advising the agent to the second lien noteholders in connection with the consensual financial restructuring of Vue Cinemas
• Advising a landlord creditor in relation to the restructuring plan proposed by NCP
• Advising the joint administrators of five connected companies (Ideal Shopping Direct Limited and subsidiaries) on various issues arising in the administration
• Advising administrators on various matters, including claims or potential claims against current and former directors (e.g. wrongful and fraudulent trading and breach of duty), security reviews and various court applications (including for a retrospective administration order)
• Acting for administrators in relation to a pre-packaged administration
• Advising the administrators of Transform Medical Group in relation to the appeal to the Court of Appeal in a case arising from group litigation concerning unfit for purpose PIP breast implants, involving complex issues of joint privilege in the context of administration and the effect of assignment of claims
• Advising respondents (majority shareholders) in complex and protracted unfair prejudice petition proceedings issued by a minority shareholder

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, London

• Associate, 2021–2022
• Trainee Solicitor, 2019–2021