About Fabrice
Fabrice is a partner at LARK and leads the restructuring and special situations practice. He is a debt finance and restructuring lawyer and advises creditors, companies and financial sponsors on domestic and cross-border complex financings, refinancings and financial restructurings, with a particular focus on special situations and stressed and distressed transactions.
Prior to joining LARK, Fabrice was a partner in the debt finance practice of Kirkland & Ellis in Munich.
He studied law at the University of Saarland and completed his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Saarland, including a stage in London. Fabrice holds a master’s degree in law from Université Lille II in France.
Fabrice’ practice includes advising on the restructuring and recapitalization of companies facing financial distress, the implementation of new money solutions and the negotiation of amendments and extensions of existing debt instruments.
He regularly represents lenders, noteholder groups and other creditors in complex capital structure negotiations and liability management exercises. He has significant experience with transactions involving syndicated credit facilities, unitranche financings and high-yield bonds.
He also advises companies and private equity sponsors on sponsor-led recapitalizations, balance sheet restructurings and strategic debt negotiations with financial creditors.
Another part of Fabrice‘ practice consists of advising private equity sponsors and alternative capital providers such as credit funds or hedge funds on acquisition financings, special situation financings and other debt instruments.
Fabrice has extensive experience with cross-border restructurings and international restructuring frameworks. His work includes restructurings implemented through German restructuring tools, including proceedings under StaRUG and formal insolvency proceedings, English schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans and U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings.
Areas of expertise
Financial Restructuring
Special Situations
Leveraged Finance & Corporate Finance
Insolvency
Recent Representative Matters
Restructuring
- Marelli Holdings and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases*
- Funds advised by Fasanara Capital on the recapitalization of Grover Group*
- Strategic Value Partners and Blantyre Capital on the acquisition and restructuring of OQ Chemicals (now OXEA)*
- Farallon Capital on the financing of the acquisition and subsequent renovation of a property in downtown Munich by a real estate investor*
- Ad hoc group of noteholders on the successful financial restructuring and recapitalization of Metalcorp Group S.A. and Ferralum Metals Group S.à r.l.*
- Lenders under LEONI AG’s EUR 750 million RCF facility on the restructuring of the German automotive supplier through the largest ever German Scheme (StaRUG) process*
- Invacare Corporation and its subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases*
- Ares Management on its rescue financing to Vacuumschmelze*
- Ad hoc group of lenders on the successful recapitalization of BARTEC Group*
- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. and certain subsidiaries on the financial aspects of their Chapter 11 cases*
Leveraged Finance
- STADA, a Bain Capital and Cinven portfolio company, in connection with its offering of EUR 650 million senior secured notes and EUR 600 million senior secured floating rate notes*
- SLV Lighting Group GmbH, a portfolio company of Ardian, in connection with their amend-&-extend transaction*
- proAlpha Group in connection with the amendment, increase and extension of its senior financing arrangements*
- Tele Columbus on the financial aspects of the public takeover offer from Kublai GmbH*
- A Qatar based hospitality company on the refinancing of its portfolio of leading German luxury hotels*
- Tele Columbus in connection with the partial refinancing of and amendments to its existing senior financing in connection with its offering of EUR 650 million 3.875% senior secured notes due 2025*
- Bain Capital on the acquisition of Apleona*
- GLP Capital Partners on the refinancing of its EIP I logistics fund*
- Intermediate Capital Group in connection with the refinancing of its investment in ATOS Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG.*
- Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation on the financial aspects of the business combination with SIGNA Sports United*
- TPG on the c. EUR 3.9 billion acquisition of Aareon*
- Partners Group AG, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec on the financing aspects of their acquisition of German energy services provider Techem*
*processed in previous law firm
Life beyond Lark
Fabrice enjoys spending time with his family, all activities involving the mountains and is a badminton enthusiast. Beyond sports, Fabrice likes travelling and dining, ideally combining both.