Tailored legal advice for the entire debt spectrum

The leveraged finance market is characterised as fast-paced, complex and with ever evolving trends. Sponsors and borrowers are continually seeking optimal flexibility and all parties are experiencing growing pressures due to interest rates, inflation, and macro-economic headwinds. Regardless of the intended debt structure, it is crucial to have tailored legal advice from experienced practitioners who understand and can handle the transactional pressures.

Commercial understanding of banking documentation. Knowing where to push the other side's lawyers and where to accept the other side's position. Lots of experience of similar transactions to call upon.

Banking and finance client, Legal 500.

How we can help you

We are experienced across the entire debt spectrum and proficient in complex capital and creditor structures. The team handles transactions, including:

  • syndicated term loans (TLB)
  • unitranche loans
  • super senior
  • stretched senior
  • mezzanine/second lien
  • PIK and other holdco financing
  • bridging debt and vendor financing
  • hedging arrangements

We advise a wide range of financial institutions (including credit funds, alternative lenders, clearing banks) as well as private equity houses, management teams and corporate borrowers in relation to business acquisitions, recapitalisations, management buyouts and refinancings.  

Our leveraged finance lawyers

Our leveraged finance team comprises experiences professionals whose market insight, pragmatism, and commercial acumen have garnered a strong reputation with clients and market participants alike.

Our deal experience is born from a deep understanding of evolving market terms, trends, and legal developments, we excel in high-level deal execution. This enables us to anticipate issues, swiftly find solutions, and deliver efficiently. Our global team collaborates across geographies, sectors, and legal disciplines, seamlessly integrating expert input to provide coordinated solutions for both domestic and international cross-border transactions.
 

Experience

Tresmares Capital

Advised Tresmares Capital on a growth financing package for Puragen, a leading supplier of activated carbon-based filtration and purification solutions globally.

Advised Tresmares Capital on a debt package in support of CBPE's investment in Clifton Asset Management, a leading wealth management and pensions administration firm.

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ThinCats

Advised ThinCats on a sponsor-backed refinancing in the healthcare sector.

Kartesia

Advised Kartesia on numerous transactions, including: a unitranche facility and additional committed facilities to support leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, Graphite Capital’s, acquisition of Digital Space and a unitranche financing facility to support the acquisition of Forensic Testing Service by Forensic Access, a portfolio company of UK private equity firm Limerston Capital.

Waterland Private Equity

Advised Waterland Private Equity on triple acquisition of DesignStudio, Analog and Pixel Artworks, to form the Further Group.

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