Banking & Finance: Fund Finance | UK

King & Spalding enjoys a sterling reputation for its premier lender-side fund finance practice. It boasts an impressive team of dedicated practitioners who regularly advise many of the world’s most influential financial institutions on their marquee transactions. Additionally, the firm offers integrated ESG expertise within its funds team.

Ashurst offers an impressive and diverse fund finance practice. The London team is well regarded for its work with a wide range of international banking institutions, as well as borrower-side fund clients.

Clifford Chance offers significant finance expertise, advising both lenders and borrowers across the full spectrum of fund finance products. The team is regularly engaged by global banks and private equity giants to support high-value mandates, including subscription lines, NAV and capital call facilities.

Debevoise & Plimpton has emerged as a leading finance practice, renowned for its expertise in borrower-side fund financing. The team regularly represents market-leading international secondaries, credit and buyout funds, and is increasingly recognised for its work with institutional lenders.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is regarded as go-to borrower-side counsel for private equity sponsors and asset managers. The team is routinely instructed on high-value mandates across the full range of fund finance products. Clients also benefit from Fried Frank's market-leading expertise in fund formation.

Private equity specialist Kirkland & Ellis offers borrower clients market-leading expertise in fund finance transactions. The firm’s experienced practitioners regularly advise top-tier sponsors on high-value capital calls, NAV facilities, subscription lines and more novel, complex structured deals.

Macfarlanes is recognised as a leading choice of counsel for global asset managers and private equity clients seeking fund financing solutions. The team routinely advise on complex and high-value NAV, asset-backed, capital call and subscription line facilities.

Reed Smith's London team continues to offer clients enviable expertise in the European fund finance market. The team has long represented many of the world's largest financial institutions on significantly complex and big-ticket mandates, covering the full breadth of financing products, for both lenders and borrowers.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett boasts an impressive track record advising top-tier borrower-side clients, in addition to lender institutions, on big-ticket fund finance mandates. The team is recognised for its expertise assisting with complex capital call and NAV facilities. The London practice is ably assisted by the firm's strong leveraged finance and fund formation departments in both Europe and the US.

Travers Smith's London fund finance team has earned a reputation for excellence advising both lenders and borrowers on big-ticket and middle-market financing transactions. The lawyers have deep expertise on subscription line and NAV financing, as well as structured lending and securitisation. The firm provides a holistic service, drawing on its broader expertise in European fund formation, private equity transactions and leveraged finance transactions.

A&O Shearman is home to a group of notable fund finance lawyers who ably advise borrowers, sponsors and lenders on a range of transaction types. The firm also has standout securitisation experts who can advise clients on deals that intersect the two areas.

Addleshaw Goddard has built a strong reputation in the fund finance market for representing both lenders and borrowers across a broad range of fund products, including secondaries, infrastructure and energy.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has a longstanding track record of advising on high-profile mandates in the fund finance sector. It represents major lenders across the full spectrum of fund finance products, including subscription facilities, NAV financings, GP financings and structured financings. The London team works closely with the firm's US funds group, providing seamless transatlantic coverage.

Haynes and Boone is a well-regarded London team noted for its representation of both lender and borrower clients in complex fund financing transactions. It advises across the full spectrum of financing products, with noteworthy strength in structured and real estate finance. The firm has a depth of experience in matters concerning the USA and Europe.

Linklaters has a noteworthy fund finance team which is recognised for its lender-side strength. The group works with high-profile banks on all types of transactions including regular work on NAV and subscription facilities.

Proskauer Rose advises both lenders and borrowers on a broad range of fund finance transactions, including subscription line financings, hybrid and NAV facilities, and capital calls. The team has particularly deep expertise in the private credit space.

Simmons & Simmons enjoys a strong reputation in the European fund finance market. The team advises both lenders and borrowers on the full range of finance products, including SMA and GP facilities, as well as the more traditional subscription line, capital call and NAV facilities. The firm's clients include leading banks, private capital firms, global asset managers and private equity funds.

White & Case has a fund finance team that is prominent for its work advising lender clients, including both credit funds and traditional lenders. The team also represents borrowers. Clients of all kinds go to the firm for assistance with a range of transaction types including NAV and capital call facilities.