Benjamin Hasson
Associate
ben.hasson@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Capital
Biography
Benjamin is an associate in our financial restructuring group. He advises on a wide range of cross-border financial restructurings across several industries.
Representative Work
- Thames Water: Counsel to an ad hoc group of Class A creditors holding over £13 billion in the recapitalisation of Thames Water, the UK's largest water and wastewater company.
- Fortenova: Counsel to Fortenova Group, a food producer and retailer in Croatia and the surrounding region, on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure.
- Noble Group: Advising an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors on the $3.5 billion financial restructuring of Noble Group, a worldwide commodities supply chain and trading company, most recently in a financial restructuring of Noble’s commodities trading business through security enforcement and the amendment and extension of Noble AssetCo’s notes.
- Nordic Aviation Capital: Advising the private placement noteholders in relation to a waiver and deferral arrangement implemented through an Irish scheme of arrangement and on the restructuring of more than $6 billion of the group’s debt through a chapter 11 plan.
- Travelex: Advising the ad hoc bondholder committee of Travelex, a foreign exchange company, in connection with the successful restructuring of the Travelex business through multiple prepack administration sales and the injection of new money.
EducationL.P.C., University of Law, London, 2021
B.A., University of Oxford, 2018
L.P.C., University of Law, London, 2021
B.A., University of Oxford, 2018
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
