Biography: Insolvency & Restructuring

Patrick Corr is a partner in Sidley's London office. Mr Corr has extensive experience in both contentious and non-contentious corporate recovery and turnaround matters. Recent representative engagements include: BRAC Rent-a-Car International, Inc (Chapter 11 proceedings in the USA and administration proceedings in England; client, the debtor and the administrators) (notable decision, the court confirmed for the first time, that the provisions of the EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings No. 1346/2000 applied to a US registered company); restructuring of the Cordiant group of companies; Federal Mogul Corporation and group of companies (Chapter 11 proceedings in the USA and administration proceedings in England; client, the debtors); Parmalat SpA (extraordinary administration (Italy) and liquidation (Ireland); client, global senior lender) (notable decision, the ECJ asked to consider, for the first time, certain provisions of the EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings as a consequence of conflicting decisions of the Irish and Italian courts); restructuring of multi national electronic company (client, equity investor); Owens Corning (Chapter 11; client, debtor); Sea Containers Ltd (Chapter 11 proceedings in the USA and provisional liquidation in Bermuda, client, the debtor); Toni & Guy (Ireland) Limited in examinership (Ireland) (client, equity investor); The Laurel Pub Company Limited and other group companies (in administration) client, the debtor; Orion SIV, client, the senior subordinated noteholders; Lehman Brothers International (Europe), (in administration) clients, various counterparties to Lehman transactions; TI Automative Group (restructuring and scheme of arrangement), client, a senior lender committee; Ideal Standard International Acquisition Sà rl, clients, Facility Agent and certain senior lenders; restructuring various companies within the Regus group, client, Regus; TI Automotive group, client, senior creditor committee; Titan Outdoor Advertising limited (in administration), client, the administrators; Grand plc, client, the issuer; Smurfit Stone, client, the debtor.

Mr Corr regularly lectures on issues of European and international insolvency/restructuring law and practice, to banks, note holders, corporates and accountants. He has presented at the Insolvency Lawyers Conference; Insol Europe's Annual Conference and the National Bankruptcy Judges Conference in the United States. He is also a member of the City of London Law Society insolvency law committee. Mr Corr received his LLB from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1987. English solicitor.