Rebecca Carwood Barron, Counsel, Corporate

Rebecca Carwood Barron

Counsel

Areas of Focus

Rebecca Carwood Barron, Counsel, Corporate

Rebecca Carwood Barron

Counsel

Areas of Focus

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Concentrates on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and private equity driven transactions. Rebecca advises on a range of corporate transactions. She is an experienced private equity and M&A lawyer representing clients on complex cross-border transactions. She has particular experience advising clients in competitive auction processes.

Representative Work
  • Advised Nexperia on $177 million sale of Newport Wafer Fab, the U.K.’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, to Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
  • Advised The Carlyle Group on its debt for equity swap in Officine Maccaferri S.p.A.
  • Advised Croatian conglomerate Fortenova Grupa d.d., on the €615 million sale of its frozen food business, the Frozen Food Business Group, to Nomad Foods, owner of Birds Eye and Findus, among others.
  • Advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of a privately owned upstream oil and gas company.
  • Advised Edison Energy on its acquisition of Alfa Energy.
  • Advised New York Stock Exchange-listed Endava on its acquisition of Comtrade Digital Services.
  • Advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of onshore Colombian assets.
  • Advised Bain Capital Credit on a preferred equity investment in Arajet, the first ultra-low-cost airline in the Caribbean region.
  • Advised portfolio company of Apollo on its acquisition of a gaming business.
  • Advised Macquarie on acquisition of assets of Axial Systems.
  • Advised AstroBank on the establishment of Trusset Asset Management, a servicing platform for non-performing loans, and the sale of 74.9 percent of Trusset Asset Management to Qualco Group
  • Advised private equity firm on its acquisition of a restaurant group for approximately £250 million.
  • Advised private equity firm on its acquisition of a group operating premium holiday parks.
  • Advised Strategic Value Partners LLC on corporate aspects of restructuring of a US$611 million senior secured credit facility advanced to Dolphin Drilling ASA (formerly Fred. Olsen Energy ASA), an Oslo Børs-listed international drilling contractor.
  • Advised an ad hoc group of senior bondholders of Avanti Communications, a U.K.-listed satellite operator, on their debt-for-equity swap.

Education
  • DLP, University of Edinburgh, 2013

  • LL.B., University of Edinburgh, 2012

Bar Admissions
  • Law Society of Scotland

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