Leveraged Finance

Across industries and borders, our finance practice provides a diverse set of clients with a broad level of skill and service. Our lawyers have represented U.S., U.K., European, Asian, and other international commercial banks, institutional investors, investment banks, investment funds, hedge funds, and corporate and special-purpose borrowers. We advise on many types of financing transactions and work closely with lawyers in our other practice areas to provide seamless and timely advice to our transactional clients.

Clients include:

Corporate borrowers
Equity sponsors
U.S. and international banks
Investment banks
Institutional and other non-bank investors
Asset-backed and finance company lenders
Debtor-in-possession financiers and borrowers
Holders of subordinated mezzanine debt

Experienced in large and mid-market, domestic, international, and cross-border transactions, we assist lenders, financial advisers, corporate borrowers, and private equity sponsors in the structuring, negotiating, and documentation of auction sales, leveraged buyouts (including senior, mezzanine, and high-yield debt), restructurings, and other acquisition-related financings. Transactions range from the low middle market to billion-dollar transactions in industries including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, consumer goods, agriculture, energy, real estate, financial technology, healthcare, and transportation.

Areas of experience include:

Acquisition financing
Asset-based lending
Commercial banking loans
Cross-border, Europe and U.K. based workouts, restructurings, insolvencies, receiverships, administrations, creditors’ voluntary arrangements, and liquidations
Debtor-in-possession financing
ESOP lending
High-yield market transactions
International trade finance
Letters of credit
Leveraged acquisition financing
Leveraged lease financing
Natural resources and project financing
Liquidity lines
Real estate development and construction financing
Subordinated debt and mezzanine financing
Syndicated bank loans
Tax-exempt financing
Telecommunications financing
Growth equity financing
Working capital financing
Workouts and restructurings