France records 39 restructuring mandates in H1 2026 as lenders take ownership
Debtwire counted €14.57bn of debt across those mandates; Alvarez & Marsal ties creditors' stronger hand to a 2021 cram-down reform.
M&G rehires Duncan Batty to lead real estate finance; Triple Point lends £55m to Perch Group
Batty returns to the £14bn-plus real estate finance arm after 12 years at M&G and a Revolut lending role; the Triple Point loan sits inside a £400m package with NatWest, Shawbrook and Paragon.
Triple Point lends £55m to Perch Group in £400m package
The Blackpool debt purchaser adds a non-bank lender to a group that already includes NatWest, Hampshire Trust Bank, Shawbrook, Paragon Bank and Lloyds.
M&G rehires Duncan Batty to lead real estate finance arm with £14bn-plus deployed
Batty spent 12 years at M&G, latterly as co-head of real estate finance, and joins from Revolut, where he led commercial real estate lending.