We help you progress transactions smoothly. We specialise in all aspects of acquisition and leveraged finance, delivering a responsive and personal service.
We represent senior and junior lenders providing debt for acquisitions, as well as borrowers seeking to finance business acquisitions or investor repayments through loan facilities. Our integrated approach means every client receives practical and commercially-driven advice, whether you’re a seasoned lender or private equity investor or a business closing your first substantial leveraged transaction.
Our advice is always tailored to the unique demands of each deal and we’re adept at balancing competing commercial interests. For borrowers, we take a proactive approach to managing interactions with both lenders and sellers. Drawing on our extensive experience in-house in financial institutions and closing corporate M&A transactions, we help you anticipate the positions of all parties and take decisive action.
Acting on behalf of debt providers, our primary focus is safeguarding the lender’s interests. We ensure robust covenant protections and a comprehensive security package calibrated to your specific circumstances and deal context. We also have extensive expertise in loan note structures, deferred consideration arrangements and negotiating related intercreditor agreements and security packages.
Our experience includes
- Acting for a lender on the £25 million leveraged acquisition financing of a hospitality business.
- Advising an international oil conglomerate on debt facilities to acquire a UK retail petrol business.
- Advising a UK-based grounds maintenance corporate group on its £30 million acquisition refinancing with a club of banks.
- Advising on a £10 million loan to fund the acquisition of special educational needs schools.
