Banking & Finance: Sponsors

Macfarlanes has notable strengths in handling complex and bespoke mid-market deals for lenders, sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as corporate borrowers. The practice spans the full scope of financing matters from corporate to leveraged and fund finance, complementing its offering with real estate and litigation finance as well as regulatory and restructuring expertise. Macfarlanes is equipped to advise on domestic and cross-border matters, with additional experience advising on the English law aspects of high-yield bonds. The team have also established a strong foothold in the credit fund space.

"Macfarlanes have a clear understanding of what they can deliver, and guide us to the right conclusions and at the same time firmly argue our position with the lawyers of the other side to secure us the best possible terms."

"Professionally agile and quick to come up with solutions for complex issues, they are able to succinctly translate commercial terms into legally implementable clauses without over-complicating the essence of the commercial terms."

"While they maintained a lean core team, they were able to bring on board other sector specialists when needed. All team members were very hands-on and responsive, allowing us to finalise the matter in a very short timeframe."

"The team's expertise, quality of thinking and execution are second to none."

"Commercial awareness is one of their standout attributes: they bring a depth of experience and understanding of commercial issues and how the market is currently dealing with them in legal terms, which is invaluable and comforting."

Macfarlanes advised Arcus on facilities worth GBP170 million from a syndicate of UK and international lenders, to finance its acquisition via SPV of Workdry International.

Andrew Perkins is a key contact.