Linklaters’ global banking practice is one of the world’s leaders and has advised on some of the most complex and significant transactions of recent years.
Arranging banks, lenders, credit enhancers, sponsors and borrowers rely on Linklaters’ outstanding track record in cross-border financing across every industry, commercial, financial and governmental sector.
The firm’s banking lawyers across Europe, Asia and the Americas act on the most challenging banking and restructuring transactions. In cross-border financing deals, Linklaters’ lawyers combine innovative tax advice with first-class transactional expertise. Bank lending, from straightforward bilateral facilities to complex syndicated structured financings, and regulatory advice are other key elements of the firm’s global banking practice.
The successful and rapid expansion of Linklaters’ current secondment programme reflects the confidence of clients in the firm’s global banking lawyers.
Recent banking transactions include advising
- the arranging banks on the award-winning US$4.1bn bid by Nordic Capital for ConvaTec – the largest European leverage buy-out since the start of the global credit crunch in 2007
- the mandated lead arrangers on the €16.1bn investment grade acquisition facilities for Schaeffler KG in relation to its bid for Continental AG
- Glencore on a US$6.65bn Forward Start Facility and an US$815m Short Term Facility – one of the largest forward start facilities to date in the market
- PwC as administrators on the insolvency of Lehman Brothers International (Europe)
- Deloitte LLP on the insolvencies of Waterford Wedgwood and Woolworths plc
- Invista European Real Estate on its 9 jurisdiction pan-European €420m refinancing by the Bank of Scotland
- Kazakhmys plc, one of the world’s leading copper producers, on its award-winning US$2.1 bn pre-export finance facility
- the banks on a US$3bn term loan facility for Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) - first unsecured deal to be publicly syndicated
- the mandated lead arrangers on the award-winning up to US$2.5bn pre-export financing for Russian steel and mining group, OAO Severstal
- RBS on the award-winning sale of the Angel Trains Group plc (the first ROSCO (UK rail leasing company) to be sold in a number of years) for an enterprise value of £3.6bn to a consortium led by Babcock & Brown European Infrastructure Fund
- on KKR’s buyout of Alliance Boots - the largest ever European buyout
