Linklaters offers an impressive leveraged finance capability with many partners recognised as leaders in their field. Our expertise is at the cutting edge of the leveraged field and we continue to advise on some of the biggest, most complex and innovative deals in the market.
Our leveraged finance team is known for being solution-driven and commercially aware. It represents the pre-eminent mandated lead arrangers, mezzanine providers and sponsors, as well as borrowers in the European, Asian and U.S. markets.
Our international and domestic experience across a wide range of industrial and financial sectors means we are able to anticipate and address the requirements of all parties to a transaction.
Our involvement in the leading deals has put our team at the cutting edge of the leveraged field ensuring our familiarity with post credit crisis developments. It has also enabled us to offer clients constructive and practical advice, balancing the competing requirements of all involved using our knowledge of market expectations.
Recent leveraged finance transactions include:
- Versatel - advised the arrangers in connection with the financing of the €395m senior facilities for the P2P of German telecoms company Versatel by private equity sponsor KKR
- Moto - advised the senior bank arrangers on £450m senior facilities provided to the UK motorway services group, as part of a bank/bond refinancing (we also advised the high yield bookrunners)
- Capio Sanidad - advised the lenders on the €655 million senior facility for the acquisition of Capio Sanidad by CVC Capital Partners
- Forth Ports - advised Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1 L.P. in relation to a recommended P2P cash offer for Forth Ports PLC by Otter Ports Limited, a newly-incorporated company wholly-owned by Arcus
- Dometic - advised the senior lenders (a Nordic bank club) on the financing of EQT V’s SEK 12 billion acquisition of the Dometic Group
- Findus Italy - advised Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Nomura International and Mediobanca di Credito Finanziario on the €800 million financing of the acquisition of Findus Italy by Birds Eye Inglo Group and Permira
- Ambea - advised Tritor Managers III as purchaser in respect of the (approx) €840 million acquisition financing for Ambea by 3i Group
- European Directories - advised the senior lenders in the €2.2 billion restructuring of the European Directories Group, succeeding in the Court of Appeal with regard to intercreditor provisions key to the implementation of the propose senior lender-led restructuring plan
- Almatis - advised Almatis on its US$1.3 billion cross-border financial restructuring and its US$715 million financing on exit from the Chapter 11 proceedings
- Autobar - advised the mandated lead arrangers CVC’s €1.2 billion acquisition of the Autobar Group from Charterhouse Partners
- Picard - advised the lenders and BC Partners as seller on many aspects of the deal involving €1.5 billion sale of Picard group to Lion Capital
