Retail Recovery: Restructuring
In this episode we discuss how the retail and food & beverage sectors can reset, restructure and plan for the future. Caroline is joined by two partners from our corporate restructuring team: Roger Elford and Jason Freedman, and founder and CEO of the procurement and cost reductions specialists, Procure4: Nigel Scorey.
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Doing Business Responsibly: Food & Beverage
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Charles Russell Speechlys advises TDR Capital LLP and the Issa brothers on the real estate aspects of ASDA acquisition
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