Sophie is a Principal Associate in the Banking and Finance team specialising in Leveraged Finance and Corporate Lending. Sophie has experience advising on regional, national and international transactions (with a particular emphasis on developing markets).

Sophie's recent deal experience includes:

acting for a private education provider in relation to its multi-million-pound facilities provided by a club of financial institutions;

- advising a sponsor on three separate highly structured facilities for three investee companies in the tech, education and security sectors; an
 
- acting for a lender in relation to its multi-million-pound facilities to a dental group to support its buy-and-build strategy; and
 
- acting for a development finance institution on its $52m facilities to develop a greenfield cotton yarn spinning mill in Bangladesh.
 
In 2021/2022, Sophie completed a six-month secondment in the Growth & Leveraged Finance team at Investec Bank plc, assisting in the provision of debt facilities in mid-market UK and European leveraged finance transactions.

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