Adair Cook
Associate
adair.cook@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Leveraged Finance
Biography
- Advises on a broad range of financing transactions.
Adair is an associate in the corporate finance group. She has experience advising lenders on a range of matters including direct lending, private placements, financial restructurings, acquisition finance and leveraged finance transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Adair trained in the London office of a leading US law firm, which included working in their office in Houston.
Representative Work
- Advised Vitol, a global commodity trading house, in relation to the $2.3 billion takeover of Vivo Energy.
- Represented underwriters and initial purchasers in connection with Tullow Oil plc’s $2.38 billion refinancing, consisting of an offering of $1.8 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2026 and a super senior secured revolving credit facility comprised of a $500 million revolving credit facility and a $100 million letter of credit facility.*
- Represented an ad hoc committee of holders on the $1.125 billion financial restructuring of Nostrom Oil & Gas plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company operating in Kazakhstan.
- Representing institutional investors in privately placed debt and equity and other secured and unsecured financing transactions.
- Representing noteholders in a number of cross-border private placement transactions involving issuers located in North America, Latin America, United Kingdom, Europe and Australia.
EducationL.P.C., University of Law, London, 2019
GDL, University of Law, London, 2018
M.A., University of St. Andrews, 2017
L.P.C., University of Law, London, 2019
GDL, University of Law, London, 2018
M.A., University of St. Andrews, 2017
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
