It’s do or die for Star Entertainment Group’s lenders, as the casino group morphs into a ticking time bomb.
Street Talk can reveal Star’s lender group, which is collectively owed about $400 million, has brought in gun restructuring lawyer Nikki Smythe in a last-ditch attempt to take control of the situation.
Sources said Star’s lenders only signed off on Smythe’s appointment earlier this month, just as Star fessed up it had plundered its cash piles and would struggle to meet the conditions required to draw upon a $100 million lifeline previously agreed with its lenders.
The decision to hire Smythe is understood to have been driven by Deutsche Bank, which – thanks to its position in Star’s lender line-up – is shaping up as a key player in deciding Star’s future.
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