Banking & Finance

Worldwide Experience in Lending Transactions

The last decade has transformed global debt markets, with innovative credit structures and new sources of capital reshaping how companies finance growth. Our Banking & Finance team is at the forefront of this evolution, advising the world’s leading financial institutions and a diverse range of borrowers on financings from several millions to billions of dollars.

A trusted advisor to banks, private credit funds, sponsors and borrowers navigating today’s complex financing environment. Clients rely on us for:

  • Practical, bespoke legal solutions for acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings, workouts and general corporate financings.
  • Real-time market insight on emerging trends in a rapidly evolving credit landscape.

A sophisticated global private credit team for a fast-paced market.

  • Representing the leading private credit funds in acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancings, working capital lines and other financings.
  • Skilled across a wide array of debt products, including senior secured and second lien loans, unitranche loans, mezzanine and subordinated loans, asset-based loans, receivables and warehouse loans, and other specialty financings.

Smart debt finance solutions informed by deep sector knowledge.

  • A leading firm in the technology, energy & infrastructure, and finance sectors, we deliver forward-looking, industry-specific financing solutions that are scalable and tailored to each client’s unique business needs.
  • Experienced team for growth capital options solving short- and long-term liquidity needs of tech start-ups and growth-stage companies.
  • Creative financing solutions for borrowers across industries and growth stages, from early-stage and high-growth technology companies to middle market borrowers and their financial sponsors, to Fortune 500 multinationals.
  • Integrated advice at the seams of finance, drawing on our market-leading structured finance, project finance, real estate, regulatory, restructuring and tax teams.
  • Borrower and Sponsor Representations

    • Advised a software-focused private equity fund on the financing aspects of its leveraged buyouts and bolt-on acquisitions.
    • Advised a multi-strategy asset manager on its US$550 million financing to acquire a provider of point-of-sale and after-market services to automobile dealers.
    • Advised a data center company on multiple financings for its joint ventures, in partnership with financial sponsors, to develop their hyperscale data center platform across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
    • Advised an American clothing company on the US$2.2 billion refinancing of the company’s ABL with a multinational financial institution and a syndicate of various lenders.

    Lender Representations

    • Advised a multinational financial institution on the US$250 million revolving credit facility for a global producer of human interface components for computers and other electronic devices.
    • Advised a leading global bank, as co-syndication agent, letter of credit issuer and lender, in the restructuring of the credit facility for a top U.S. natural gas producer.
    • Advised a global financial institution on a US$650 million amended and extended credit facility to an asset management company.
    • Advised a direct lender on the US$275 million financing for a money management software company.