
BANKING & FINANCE
Our finance division has extensive experience in helping a range of clients with their debt financing needs.
We have represented banks, corporate borrowers, institutional lenders, investment managers, private equity firms, real estate developers, project sponsors, and equity investors.
The breath of our experience means that we can provide our clients with savvy, commercially-focused advice and cost-efficient transaction management and execution.
Our financing expertise covers:
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Corporate Finance including secured and unsecured lending using syndicated, club and bilateral loan structures
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Real Estate Finance including senior and mezzanine debt for real estate development or acquisition, project due diligence (including planning & environment), joint venture structuring and leasing
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Project Finance in the infrastructure, energy and PPP sectors including advising on debt and equity documentation, conducting due diligence and undertaking risk analysis and bankability reviews of project documents and sponsor support
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Leveraged Finance for acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations and private equity transactions including senior, mezzanine and PIK debt, holding company loans, bridge financings, and high-yield debt offerings
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Institutional Lending by superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and private investment funds including negotiating investment mandates and creating debt fund structures and other investment platforms
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Derivatives to assist clients in managing their interest rate and foreign currency exposures, credit support arrangements, and multi-fund umbrella structures
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Debt Capital Markets including vanilla bond issues, high yield bonds, commercial paper, medium-term notes, and private placements.
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Secondary Loan Market Trading including buying and selling loan assets using the standard terms of the Loan Market Association and EU banking directives
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Restructuring including advising on debt and capital restructurings, refinancing, distressed asset acquisitions, formal insolvency procedures, and insolvency litigation
As well we can provide the following services:
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Assistance for the financial institutions on the restructuring of financing facilities, on identifying optimal solutions for debt recovery, regulatory and compliance with the applicable regulations, trade of non-performance debt portfolio
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Advising on the finance project structuring, due diligence on the borrower’s business, review of lending documentation for the relevant compliance law and practice; drafting and negotiation of facility agreements, related security, and other agreements; assistance in respect of related filings and formalities; issuance of legal opinions
For more information please contact us