SimmonsSimmons & Simmons has become one of the first UK firms to advise a group of bond holders in a major restructuring after winning a beauty parade to act on the multi-billion pound restructuring of German cable operating company Ish.

The City firm was appointed in July, following a beauty parade, to advise a group of bond holders, which include Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Sisu Capital, that between them hold £1.5bn of debt in the company.