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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

ADELAIDE HOUSE, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON, EC4R 9HA
Tel:
Work 020 7760 1000
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Fax 020 7760 1111
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92 LONDON/CHANCERY LN
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www.blplaw.com
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Singapore, Paris, Moscow, London, Brussels, Abu Dhabi

John Hayward

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Work +44 20 7760 4324
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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Work Department

Finance.

Position

Partner in banking and capital markets group of the finance department specialising in leveraged finance (including acquisitions, MBOs, MBIs and public to private transactions), acting for banks, private equity houses and corporate borrowers. Clients include AIB, Barclays Bank, Cognis Capital Partners LLP, Close Brothers, Deutsche Postbank AG, HBoS and RBS. Acted for: Barclays Leveraged Finance in providing various syndicated facilities of £32m to Concateno PLC to finance the acquisition of Cozart PLC, and in providing syndicated facilities of £120m to Laurel High Street Bars Limited; Castle Holdings Limited in connection with £425m syndicated term and revolving facilities provided by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc to finance various acquisitions by Castlebeck Group Limited; Close Brothers Private Equity on syndicated senior, mezzanine and junior facilities of £141m made available to Upperpoint Distribution Limited by HSBC and others; and The Royal Bank of Scotland on providing syndicated facilities of £58m to SBJ Group Limited to finance various acquisitions.

Career

Career: Trained Radcliffes & Co; qualified 1988; solicitor Allen & Overy 1988-90; solicitor Middleton Potts 1990-92; solicitor Norton Rose 1992-93; associate Nabarro Nathanson 1993-97; partner Davies Arnold Cooper 1997-2000; partner Osborne Clarke 2000-03; partner Berwin Leighton Paisner 2003.

Member

Member: Law Society.

Education

Education: Loretto School, Edinburgh (scholar); Nottingham University (1984 BA Law Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1985 LSF).

Leisure

Leisure: Swimming, tennis, theatre, cinema, travel; member Royal Automobile Club.

Practice Areas

Banking (non-contentious); International capital markets; Private equity

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