The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Receives Signed Letter of Intent from DW Partners, Namdar Realty Group and Washington … – Markets Insider

MILWAUKEE, April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (OTCQX: BONT) (“the Company”) today announced that it has received a signed letter of intent from an investor group composed of DW Partners, Namdar Realty Group (including its partner Mason Asset Management) and Washington Prime Group (the “investor group”), pursuant to which the investor group…

Clifford Chances advises on billion-dollar booze business deal – Australasian Lawyer

A team from Clifford Chance has advised global asset manager The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of Australias largest wine company. The transaction, valued at AU$1 billion for 100% of The Accolades Wine Group from CHAMP Private Equity and minority shareholder Constellation Brands, was led by Clifford Chance partner Andrew Cook in Sydney. “This deal…

Godfreys vacuum cleaner founder John Johnston, 99, in takeover bid to rebuild struggling business – The West Australian

The 99-year-old co-founder of vacuum cleaner business Godfreys Group has launched a bid to buy back the struggling business and take it private. John Johnston who founded Godfreys in the 1930s with Godfrey Cohen has launched a 32¢-a-share bid through family business Arcade Finance to take the group off the ASX and set about rebuilding…

Second major Turkish business group applies for debt restructuring – Ahval

Turkeys Dou Holding has applied for the restructuring of a debt burden of approximately $5.8 billion, following the roughly $6 billion restructuring process begun by Yldz Holding earlier this year, Hürriyet newspaper said. Dou chose neither to directly confirm nor deny the report in a statement in response: We are naturally in continuous communication with…

US firm Houlihan Lokey parts ways with Rajiv Kochhar’s Avista Advisory Group – Economic Times

MUMBAI: Houlihan Lokey, the California-headquartered financial restructuring giant, called off its partnership with Avista Advisory Group, a debt-restructuring and advisory firm controlled by Rajiv Kochhar, brother-in-law of ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar. The move ends an eight-year-old partnership amid increasing scope for business in India under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. The US firms profile…

Nine West Holdings Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization to Focus on Strong Business Units – PR Newswire (press release)

In conjunction with the restructuring, the Company received $300 million in debtor-in- possession financing and the Company has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) with parties that hold or control over 78% of its secured term debt and over 89% of its unsecured term debt. Such financing, combined with cash generated from the Company’s operations, will…