
Sebastian Grant-Preece
Associate
sebastian.grant-preece@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- United Kingdom & Europe
Biography
Sebastian is an associate in the financial restructuring group. He has experience in representing banks, private credit funds, insolvency practitioners and debtor companies in relation to a wide range of restructuring matters across a number of 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.
- OQ Chemicals: Counsel to an ad hoc group of lenders to OQ Chemicals, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of oxo-chemicals, in relation to an interim bridge financing and merger and acquisition process.
- Basslink: Counsel to the secured lender syndicate and subsequently appointed receivers of Basslink, a state significant electricity interconnector linking the electricity grids of the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania. The asset was ultimately sold to the APA Group through a debt-for-equity swap transaction implemented via a deed of company arrangement.
- Kwinana: Counsel to the Kwinana Waste to Energy project in relation to its debt restructure and recapitalization implemented via a scheme of arrangement.
- Heron Resources: Counsel to Heron Resources, an ASX listed copper mine, and subsequently appointed administrators and deed administrators in relation to its debt restructure and administration.
- Disability Services Australia: Counsel to a significant National Disability Insurance Scheme provider and subsequently appointed administrators in relation to its administration and recapitalization implemented via a deed of company arrangement.
- Private Credit Fund: Counsel to an Australian private credit fund on several complex financings, including advising on restructuring options and security enforcement.
List may include matters worked on prior to joining Akin.
Education- LL.B., University of Technology Sydney, 2019 
- LL.B., University of Technology Sydney, 2019 
Bar Admissions- Law Society of New South Wales, Australia 
- Law Society of New South Wales, Australia 
