German landlord Demire says four of its subsidiaries are to file for insolvency after failing to pay back a loan. Via Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

After several injections in the past 3 years to turn around the company, TDR Capital risks losing control of 🇳🇴🚢Hurtigruten if it doesn't manage to refinance a bond by the end of August. With Irene García Pérez bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The UK's largest pub operator is nearing a deal with its creditors which will see owner TDR Capital inject around £200 million in the company to slash some debt. An agreement could be reached as early as this week - team effort at Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Thames Water is scrambling to avoid massive fines after its debt was cut to junk by Moody's today. Story with Giulia Morpurgo and Abhinav Ramnarayan bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Boohoo lenders hire advisers for crucial debt talks as online fashion retailer attempts to thrash out a deal ahead of a debt deadline. Boohoo has hired Rothschild to advise. With Giulia Morpurgo + @ManySundays and Deirdre Hipwell bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Thames Water's trading activity is heating up.. With Laura Benitez bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Right so this week has been quite busy on the Italian distressed front. First, Libby Cherry & Sonia Sirletti had an exclusive on the Bauer hotel in Venice and its potential new owner bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Then bag maker Furla entered formal debt restructuring talks, with new advisers and €25 million committed by its owning family. Edits by neil chatterjee bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The maker of the bags 🛍️ of my middle school years is starting debt talks with creditor banks. For all details on the situation, the numbers and the advisers involved read on Bloomberg Terminal. With antonio vanuzzo

More details of Thames Water debt trading, who sold at and which cost, with Laura Benitez & @ManySundays bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Stonegate's CDS prices have plunged as investors fear a debt refinancing last week might have rendered them effectively worthless. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A group of creditors to Thames Water that hold about £10 billion of the debt will start work on their own proposal to rescue the beleaguered UK utility firm and avoid a prolonged special administration or nationalization bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with Giulia Morpurgo

Have been posting a little bit less on here but doing some catching up - Hurtigruten gets some emergency funding from some of its lenders as the company remains in talks over its debt structure bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Over the weekend, we also had a timely issue of the Brink focused on Thames Water, and how a group of its creditors is looking to move proactively and not sit on the sidelines. With Ronan Martin bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Earlier, we had another The Brink issue focused instead on unrestricted subs and their growing popularity amongst European borrowers, which had previously been a bit hesitant. Always keen to look at more aggressive LME-style plays so do reach out to chat! bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

In other news, the support for Intrum's debt restructuring is slowly growing. I see the 2027 bonds up 4 points this morning! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

And why not dabble in levfin too: Goldman Sachs wholly underwrote the bridge financing for Almaviva's latest US acquisition. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Secured creditors of Altice such as BlackRock are readying a counterproposal to the company’s plan to reduce its €24.4 billion debt pile trib.al/3LVMGWq

Italian wine makers have already been grappling with a changing climate and changing tastes. A spike in borrowing costs makes their lives even more difficult. With antonio vanuzzo, we look at the state of the sector bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The hardest part of the job is by far to decipher those convoluted descriptions on corporate websites to understand what these companies actually do