Leveraged finance
Freshfields’ leveraged finance team drives innovative financing solutions in connection with the biggest and most complex transactions worldwide.
Our leveraged finance team focuses on private equity sponsors, investment banks and non-bank lenders and provides a sophisticated, integrated and innovative approach.
We are a top-tier leveraged loan and high-yield bond team providing integrated, one-stop shop advice on English, New York and local domestic law from our teams based in London and across Europe, New York and Hong Kong.
We advise sponsors, corporates, investment and commercial banks, funds and alternative capital providers across all leveraged loan and high-yield bond products, including European and US cross-border and domestic term loan B financings, high-yield bonds and second lien financings. We also advise on unitranche, mezzanine and private high-yield transactions.
We are supported by our leading corporate, competition and regulatory, financial services and tax teams worldwide.
Recent client successes
CVC on the acquisition of Unilever Teas for €4.5bn and relating financing.
Cinven on its acquisition of a majority interest in Ufinet, and the $1.135bn term loan and revolving credit facility to finance the transaction.
Charterhouse Capital and its portfolio company Mirion Technologies on Mirion’s de-SPAC and the related financing.
Permira on the senior and mezzanine loan financings to fund its US$838m acquisition of Tricor (a provider of integrated business, corporate and investor services in the Asia-Pacific region) and all subsequent finance advice (including a dividend recapitalisation, incremental debt raise to fund a bolt-on acquisition and assessing debt financing of bidders in connection with the eventual sale of Tricor to Baring Private Equity Asia at an enterprise value of US$2.76bn).
CVC on its €1.5bn investment in the Ligue de Football Professionnel’s new commercial subsidiary and associated financing.
Contacts
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Allison Liff Head of US Leveraged Finance
New York
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Alexander Mitchell 合伙人
London
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Daniel French 合伙人
香港
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Dr. Michael Josenhans 合伙人
Frankfurt am Main