Finance

Clients turn to our full-service Finance practice for legal advice across a broad range of international and domestic financing arrangements, including first-of-their-kind transactions. 

With particular strength across the alternative credit ecosystem, our multidisciplinary team works closely with credit funds, private capital investors, insurers, corporates, banks and other market participants at every stage of the financing lifecycle. 

Whether raising, deploying or restructuring capital, clients value us not just for our legal expertise but also our strategic insight in understanding the commercial goals driving each transaction.   

We are recognised as a market leader in the alternative credit space and a go-to adviser on innovative financing structures. Our team brings together experts in leveraged finance, sponsor borrowing, private equity transactions, fund finance, real estate finance, restructuring and insolvency, special situations, structured finance and litigation and legal assets funding.

Whether acting for lenders, borrowers, or sponsors, we support our clients to structure and execute sophisticated capital financing strategies, including asset-based lending, NAV financing and credit secondaries. Our work is multi-jurisdictional and we help clients to navigate complex international challenges with the support of specialists across our offering.  

Work highlights including advising:

• August Equity on the acquisition financing aspects of its investment in the Superbia Group;
• Sadel Group on securing a £500m facility to refinance its cold storage business, Magnavale;
• Cera Care on a $150m debt and equity funding round led by BDT & MSD Partners and Schroders Capital to support future growth;
• Quilam Capital on the establishment of a strategic joint venture with J.P. Morgan;
• Brookfield on securing £300m in financing for the expansion of Harwell Science and Innovation Campus;
• Dobbies Garden Centres on its restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 and related amendments to its debt facilities with Ares;
• Superdry plc on its parallel restructuring plan, debt refinancing and capital raising measures; and
• Supermarket Income REIT plc (SUPR) on a £100m unsecured term and revolving credit facilities agreement provided by ING Bank NV, London Branch.