Leveraged & acquisition finance

Our leveraged and acquisition finance team is made up of experienced specialists whose pragmatism, market knowledge and commercial approach has earned it a strong reputation as a global leader in the market. 

Market awareness and commercial approach

We can provide clients with a leveraged and acquisition finance team familiar with the commercial and market dynamics who understand the business drivers – enabling us to anticipate issues and quickly find solutions for our clients. We represent or have strong links with virtually all of the major players, including investment and commercial banks, institutional investors and others. We also have a strong borrower-side practice, acting for corporates,  private equity groups, sponsors and funds. We act for or have close relationships and ongoing dialogues with regulators, industry bodies and other opinion formers.

International and domestic expertise

We have unrivalled expertise across the globe and are well known for our work on the most innovative and complex financings. At the same time we advise clients on their daily operations and work with them to achieve their business goals. Our global reach enables us to deliver both local law and international advice across borders.  As we are constantly active across all the finance markets, we can anticipate the evolving dynamics of the current markets and tailor our approach accordingly.

Depth and breadth

The depth and scope of our experience means we are ideally placed to advise on all types of financing projects, including leveraged and acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalisations and restructurings. We advise on financings relating to primary LBOs, secondary buy-outs, public bids, private acquisitions, public to privates and exit financings.  We are experienced in all financing techniques: senior, mezzanine, second lien and subordinated debt, secured and unsecured financing, bridge financing, vendor financing, real estate financing, asset backed financing, project and infrastructure financing, structured financing, high yield and bond take outs, IPO financing and equity financing. 

 Specialist advice

This experience also allows our clients to access specialists in other areas which can be pivotal to lending and acquisition financings, such as tax, pensions and derivatives.  Our finance team also works closely with our pre-eminent corporate and M&A practice.  The experience of our specialist industry and regional teams helps us to understand the key issues facing our clients and allows us to provide astute commercial solutions that help to achieve our client's objectives more efficiently.  

Leading finance capability

Consistently ranked top tier by Chambers Global and Chambers UK, our finance team delivers a commercial legal service of the highest quality across the range of lending and acquisition finance transactions.