Highlights of our experience in Hotels & Leisure in the UK
- Taiwanese hospitality firm Sunrider International on the high profile GBP 185m purchase of the St Ermin’s Hotel in Westminster from Angelo, Gordon & Co.
- Deerbrook Group on The GBP 150m acquisition of Ace Shoreditch, London Hotel from Starwood Capital.
- Enterprise Inns on a GBP 445m securitisation and refinancing in respect of the acquisition of the Unique Pub Group.
- Exceptional Innovation LLC on the acquisition of Quadriga Holdings Limited from Interactive Hotel Services Holdings plc.
- Hawthorne Leisure on its first ever acquisition, the purchase of a portfolio of 275 pubs from Greene King.
- All England Lawn Tennis Ground on its issuance of 2,500 new Centre Court debentures.
- Exceptional Innovation LLC on the acquisition of Quadriga Holdings Limited from Interactive Hotel Services Holdings plc.
- Sankaty Advisors and Canyon Capital Advisors on the acquisition of six former De Vere hotels from De Vere Group (which is owned by Lloyds Bank).
- Battersea Power Station on the management agreement for GBP 70m development of art’otel Battersea London hotel.
- LDC (Lloyds Development Capital) on its investment in Iglu.com, the UK's leading online travel agent specialising in cruise and ski holidays.
- Risk Capital Partners on the management buyout of Neilson Active Holidays and its subsidiaries from Thomas Cook Group Plc.
- Patron Capital and West Register (RBS) on the sale of Jupiter Hotels (26 UK Mercure Hotels).
- Private equity house Electra Partners on the purchase of the UK operations of American-themed restaurant chain, TGI Fridays, for a figure of GBP 225m, including debt.
- The acquisition, for GBP 91m, of ‘The Original Bowling Company’, the UK’s largest ten-pin bowling business, with 43 centres operating under the Hollywood Bowl and AMF brands.