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Banking & Finance: Borrowers - UK

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What the Team is Known For

Slaughter and May is a formidable group with a market-leading borrower-side practice and impressive cross-border capabilities. The team acts for corporate groups on high-end acquisition financings and corporate loans in a wealth of sectors including energy, life sciences, manufacturing, insurance and retail. It has an impressive knowledge of a variety of structures, including certain funds facilities, term loan B's, bridges and combined bond and loan financings. The department is additionally well-versed advising on the incorporation of sustainability-linked features into new as well as existing facilities.

Work Highlights

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  • Slaughter & May advised Cineworld Group on a USD1.9 billion debtor in possession financing facility.

Strengths

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They provided excellent technical knowledge, advice and guidance. They have a deep team, with excellent team members from partner level to junior colleagues.

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They have very strong technical capabilities and a good, open-minded approach to addressing unique challenges in a proportionate and commercially acceptable manner.

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Slaughter & May's team is a trusted, professional and knowledgeable partner to us on the banking and finance side.

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Notable Practitioners

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Edward Fife
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Band 3
Edward Fife regularly advises borrower clients on a broad array of matters including high-value acquisition financing, the refinancing of corporate loans and infrastructure finance mandates. He also offers expertise in lender-side representation.
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Matthew Tobin
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Band 5

Matthew Tobin has particular experience advising on investment-grade lending and capital markets transactions. He is a trusted advisor to large corporates, whom he advises on deals including acquisition bridge facilities, corporate loan refinancings and reorganisations as well as bond issuances.

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Caroline Phillips
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Caroline Phillips advises borrower-side clients on financing transactions across domestic and international markets. She is able to handle a variety of deal types for well-known corporates and financial services companies, including revolving credit facilities and Tier 3 facilities, as well as pension scheme facilities.

Caroline is fantastic both in terms of her knowledge of the market and the service she provides. She has great commercial awareness and a willingness to consider creative solutions to complex issues.

She delivered exceptional service and helped deliver an outstanding end product.

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Robert Byk
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Robert Byk is adept at advising corporate borrowers on cross-border financings, with particular experience in the manufacturing, oil and gas and life sciences sectors. He has a broad practice which spans structured acquisitions and bid financings, in addition to capital markets expertise.

Rob shows great attention to detail. He really has a grasp on our finance arrangements and he rolls his sleeves up and gets into it.

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Slaughter and May

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Edward Fife
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Matthew Tobin
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Caroline Phillips
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Robert Byk
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