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About
Provided by Christopher Kandel
Career
Mr. Kandel has extensive experience leading leveraged, special situations and acquisition finance and restructuring matters under English and U.S. law, and is considered one of the leading acquisition finance lawyers in London.
Significantly, he brings to bear an unusually broad depth of experience beyond his core focus area, having had experience over the years in high-yield and debt capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, securitization, derivatives, margin loans, fund finance, investment grade, pre and post IPO financings, banking regulation, and other related areas, having spent a good part of his career in the London offices of U.S. law firms before they became large.
Perhaps as a result, he has also advised on many landmark and innovative matters, including numerous European acquisition financings, an unusually large number of take privates and bridge loans, the largest LBO financing in Asia, the second-ever high-yield issue in Japan, the first international syndicated loan to a corporate in Turkey, the first super-senior revolver in Europe, the first pari passu secured bank/bond issue in Europe, and the first Western-sponsor-style leveraged buyout financing in Russia. He was also commended in the Financial Times 2016 European Innovative Lawyers report.
Chambers Review
Global
Christopher Kandel of Morrison Foerster is regarded as a go-to player in the London banking and finance market. His expertise includes complex and high-value cross-border leveraged and corporate finance matters.
Christopher Kandel of Morrison Foerster is regarded as a go-to player in the London banking and finance market. His expertise includes complex and high-value cross-border leveraged and acquisition finance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chris provides a superb client service. When he is involved, you don't need to worry about things."
"Chris Kandel is a go-to person for me. He really understands the clients and fixtures and the bank sensitivities. He is one of the best and invented some of the features we now see in the market."
"Chris provides a superb client service. When he is involved, you don't need to worry about things."
"Chris Kandel is a go-to person for me. He really understands the clients and fixtures and the bank sensitivities. He is one of the best and invented some of the features we now see in the market."