Countrywide, the UK residential estate agency, has completed a restructuring deal that includes both the injection of new equity and the reduction of existing debts. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Apollo Management, which bought Countrywide in May 2007. The holding company, Castle Holco, was counselled by Slaughter and May and Halliwells, and Countrywide executives sought advice from Ashurst. Linklaters provided counsel to Oaktree Capital, an American private equity fund that formed part of a consortium of investors into the agency.
May 20 2009