Denis O’Brien has fought many high-profile battles – is he really handing over Digicel without a fight?

Has Denis O’Brien really gone down without a fight? Perhaps facing into what would inevitably become a bruising and expensive legal battle with bondholders weeks before his 65th birthday was just a bridge too far?

From Esat to Digicel: Denis O’Brien’s biggest hits and misses over 30 years in business

Businessman Denis O’Brien is set to hand the majority stake in his Caribbean telecoms empire to its bondholders in exchange for a debt reduction of $1.8bn for the business as the ongoing economic crisis in Haiti sinks the prospects of a lighter debt extension for the group.