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Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket - London (Firms)

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

White & Case has a solid banking and finance practice with a strong foothold in the private equity space, strengthened by the law firm's cross-border capabilities. The team works regularly with borrowers on complex financings in addition to maintaining strong relationships with major banks. It demonstrates standout strength advising on deals in emerging markets. The team is highly regarded for both its UK and US law capabilities and advisory work for alternative capital providers in matters spanning the credit market. It has notable expertise advising on combined bank/bond issues.

Work Highlights

  • White & Case advised a club of private credit funds, and the revolving facility lenders, on a financing package provided to ADIA, CVC Capital Partners and Nordic Capital for the £5.4 billion acquisition of Hargreaves Lansdown.

Strengths

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The deal team is always well-staffed and provide legal analysis based on strong commercial understanding of the deal in question. They are also very responsive and keep the deal moving.

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They are stellar professionals with truly remarkable experience in the direct lending space.

Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket respondent
UK

Their strengths are their unparalleled responsiveness, solution-focused approach, and professionalism.

Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket respondent
UK

The team is available when I need them and they understand my business better than any other law firm. They delivered on time, set clear expectations and were able to devise practical solutions.

Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket respondent
UK

The team benefits from impressive bench strength whilst being led by some superb partners. The entire team always deliver successful results for us.

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UK

Notable Practitioners

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Gareth Eagles
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Gareth Eagles
3
Band 3

Co-head of White & Case's private capital industry group, Gareth Eagles is an expert in this area. He is well-placed to advise on big-ticket acquisition financings.

Gareth is the clear leader in private credit advice for direct lending globally. His skill, commercial acumen and client service is simply unmatched.

Gareth is by far one of the most impressive lawyers I have ever come across. He has a great legal mind but an equally great level of commercial understanding, coupled with strategic thinking.

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Jeremy Duffy
3
Jeremy Duffy
3
Band 3

Jeremy Duffy is active across the finance space, noted in particular for his expertise in leveraged buyouts. He is regularly instructed by domestic and international lender-side clients. He is head of White & Case's EMEA bank lending team in London.

He's just excellent, just fantastic - if I have any issues I'll go to him, and he helps me get them sorted.

He is very commercial, pragmatic, sensible, he cuts through complexity and he get things done.

Jeremy consistently provides exceptional legal expertise and has a deep understanding of our business needs, he ensures that our matters are handled with the utmost care and attention.

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Colin Harley
4
Colin Harley
4
Band 4

Colin Harley is a go-to in the leveraged finance space. He typically represents sponsor-side clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions.

Colin is very swift to respond, very commercial and practical.

I appreciate Colin a lot for his responsiveness, knowledge of the topics and his systematic orientation towards finding a solution.

Colin is a very astute and commercial lawyer, and provides a consistent level of exceptional advice and service to clients.

He's extremely detail-oriented and very focused on making sure we're happy as the client.

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Martin Forbes
5
Martin Forbes
5
Band 5

Martin Forbes advises both corporate borrowers and sponsor-side clients on a wide range of financings. He is particularly adept at handling cross-border transactions and has a keen understanding of US-leveraged products.

Martin is very responsive and commercial.

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Richard Lloyd
6
Richard Lloyd
6
Band 6

Richard Lloyd works with leading lenders. He advises both banks and credit funds and frequently acts on cross-border transactions.

Rich is great. He's super engaged, very involved in the deals despite being a senior partner - he's all over the nuts and bolts.

He can distil complex legal issues into a clear decision making framework. This allows us to prioritise where to push, and where certain points may be more acceptable, to reach a strong position.

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Gareth Eagles
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Gareth Eagles
3
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Jeremy Duffy
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Jeremy Duffy
3
Band 3
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Colin Harley
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Colin Harley
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Martin Forbes
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Martin Forbes
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Richard Lloyd
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Richard Lloyd
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