Chambers Review
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Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Mid-Market - UK
What the Team is Known For
Macfarlanes has notable strengths in handling complex and bespoke mid-market leveraged financing for lenders and for sponsors and their portfolio companies. The team's client base includes notable private equity houses and investment banks.
Strengths
They provide ecellent responsiveness and diligence, pragmatic advice and good market knowledge.
My experience was that all key issues and challenges were handles efficiently and effectively.
Their strengths are their constructive and pragmatic advice, and highly considered approach. They make a real effort to be supportive and add value.
Macfarlanes have a deep understanding of the market and strong technical skills. They are able to leverage both to guide clients through complex and sophisticated issues.
Macfarlanes ability to advise across the entire breadth of the transaction from inception to completion, spanning all aspects from tax to financing is an incredibly valuable quality.
Work Highlights
Macfarlanes advised Sterling Pharma, as well as its owners GHO Capital Partners and Partners Group, on a £380 million refinancing.
Notable practitioners
Head of the finance group at Macfarlanes, Andrew Perkins is noted for his expert lender-side representation in traditional and leveraged finance. He is a stalwart of the alternative credit space and is regularly called upon by banks and debt funds to advise on complex financings.
Andrew is the primary reason we use Macfarlanes - he has delivered excellent advice for us in a user-friendly, client-driven manner for many years.
Andrew has been great to work with and truly understands our commercial needs. He has been pivotal to a number of transactions for us.
Given the choice of anyone in the market, you would be hard pushed to find a better option than Andrew. His enormous experience and sheer intellect make him invaluable to our business.
He's a well regarded partner. He's been in the industry a long time, which is reflected in the service he provides and expertise he can offer.
Kirstie Hutchinson advises on a broad range of leveraged acquisition finance matters. Her client base includes sponsors and their portfolio companies, whom she assists with UK and cross-border financings. She has additional experience assisting direct lenders.
Kirstie is, quite simply, exceptional.
Kirstie is the lawyer you want on your side in a financing negotiation. The best we have worked with.
Kirstie is a class act. She's unflappable, highly experienced and rigorously efficient.
Kirstie is a highly proactive and effective lawyer.
Kirstie is extremely knowledgeable in her field and provides clear, practical advice. She is commercial and straightforward in negotiations.
Malcolm Hitching has substantial experience advising across the space, regularly acting for sponsor, borrower and alternative capital provider clients. He is adept at handling significant cross-border acquisition financings.
Malcolm is razor sharp, commercial and pragmatic. He's also client-focused and a pleasure to deal with.
He's personable, practical and provides excellent advice.
Malcolm is the consummate partner and has great client skills.
He is efficient, knowledgeable, communicative and commercial while also being very personable.
Adam's ability to grasp extremely complex structures and concepts is lightning quick. He has a real knack of focusing in on specific commercial interests and is able to advise us accordingly.