Financing an acquisition in today’s market requires agility and frictionless transaction delivery combined with a detailed understanding of the market and the competing interests of creditors. It also requires clear leadership, practical solutions and proactive transaction management to meet often time critical deadlines. That’s where we come in.

Our experience includes acting for some of the UK’s major banks as well as UK and non-UK financial institutions, funds and alternative lenders, borrowers and private equity or venture capital investors across a variety of sectors.

Our close collaboration with colleagues in the Private Equity corporate team means we can provide a seamless and expert-led process for PE clients, meeting all their legal needs under one experienced and fully integrated roof.

• advised British International Investments on $52m of development finance to develop a greenfield cotton yarn spinning mill in Bangladesh

• advised Enact on term and revolving facilities to acquire Accrofab, the precision engineering group, and its subsequent acquisition of RTI Advanced Forming

• advised a Five Arrows (and company founders) backed borrower in relation to its multi million euro and dollar unitranche facilities to refinance investment in Schivo Medical, together with cross border security in multiple jurisdictions

• advised Foundation Investment Partners on three separate highly structured multimillion-pound facilities for three investee companies in the tech, education and security sectors

• advised Investec on a multi-million hybrid leverage and asset-based lending facilities to support the simultaneous acquisition of seven different transport companies by a major private equity firm

• advised a Livingbridge backed technology business in respect of its multimillion-pound refinancing with a US debt fund

• advised Puragen Group on its term and acquisition finance facilities from Santander Direct Lending as part of the wider restructure of the Invica/CPL/Puragen businesses nationally and internationally

• advised Shawbrook in relation to various super senior facilities provided alongside debt fund term facilities to private equity backed businesses

• advised a Sullivan Street backed marine engineering borrower in relation to its facilities agreement including term, revolver and accordion facilities