Rohan Saha

Rohan Saha

Leveraged Finance Partner, London

"I advise banks and funds on their most complex cross-border financing transactions with a particular focus on leveraged finance. Combining my extensive knowledge of the documentary trends and commercial drivers in the leveraged finance market and my transaction experience, I provide clients with commercial, pragmatic and user-friendly advice on their financing transactions."

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Rohan has a wide range of experience advising banks and credit funds across the credit spectrum on a number of products with primary focus on financial sponsor backed cross-border debt financings. He has worked on various financing structures and products, and is particularly well versed with incurrence based term loan B financings, unitranche / direct lending structures, super-senior revolving credit facilities, bank/bond structures and junior/subordinated credit products. He has advised creditors on some of the largest and most complex European leveraged finance transactions in the past few years.

Rohan was seconded to the leveraged finance team at Credit Suisse in 2018 and is able to use the experience gained on the secondment to provide practical and tailored advice to bank and fund clients.

Rohan is one of the diversity and inclusion champions in the banking department in London and is focused on promoting under-represented diverse talent within the firm.

Rohan joined Linklaters in 2011 and joined the banking team in 2013.

Work highlights

Recent examples of Rohan’s transactions include advising the underwriters / direct lenders on the following sponsor-backed transactions:

  • CVC: Cooper Consumer Health; Multiversity, Universidad Privada de Madrid; Max Pharma / Genetic; Sonae MC
  • Permira: Neuraxpharm; Golden Goose; Corrin Orthopaedics; SAFTI; Tilney Group
  • Bridgepoint: Infinigate; Fenergo; IDH; Moneycorp
  • Apollo: Gamenet; Lottomatica
  • OTPP: Logoplaste; Busy Bees
 

Professional experience

Rohan regularly presents at events organised by industry bodies (including the Loan Market Association (LMA)) on the subject of leveraged finance documentation, and most recently on the topic of cash controls and covenants in leveraged finance documentation.

Education and qualifications

Rohan studied law at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India.

He speaks English, Hindi and Bengali.