Chambers Review
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Banking & Finance: Lenders - UK
What the Team is Known For
Cravath, Swaine & Moore houses a specialist lender-focused team of banking lawyers. The group is as at home when advising on syndicated lending as when its working with direct lenders, and is well known for its ability to advise on cross-border deals.
Strengths
They are top of the class on responsiveness and service levels.
Cravath have a stellar financing team both on the bond and loan sides. They are able to work succinctly across both New York and English law
The team was able to support us by leveraging their experience in the market. The team has always been available for questions and has a very strong understanding of commercial points.
Notable practitioners
Korey Fevzi is head of the EMEA banking and credit practice at Cravath. He draws praise for his capabilities in leveraged and acquisition financings. His clients include private credit funds and financial institutions, whom he advises on cross-border and domestic mandates.
Not only is he extremely knowledgeable with a wealth of experience, he also always makes himself available and is super easy to work with.
He has exceptional commercial acumen and focuses on most pressing and relevant issues.
Korey is a highly sophisticated lawyer who is well aware of transaction and sponsor dynamics, thanks to the breadth of his experience.
Korey is an extremely strong and expert lawyer, with exceptional commercial vision.
Philip Stopford is experienced assisting banks and alternative lenders on a range of leveraged financings, particularly in cross-border transactions.
He is extremely knowledgeable on a wide range of legal as well as commercial issues and he has very good negotiation skills.
Philip's competence, patience and ability to explain complex matters in a simple way whilst ensuring all of the nuances are also considered have been instrumental for our success.