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Linklaters LLP
ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England

Work Department

Banking, Leveraged Finance

Position

Alexander Naidenov is a U.S. partner in our London office and focuses on high yield and acquisition finance. He was previously with Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York and London.

Alek has extensive experience in sponsor-driven financings, representing underwriters, issuers/sponsors and bridge lenders, including AnaCap (AnaCap Financial), Apollo (Lottomatica, Gamenet, Verallia), Bain (Edcon), Bridgepoint (Miller Homes, THOM, Care UK), Carlyle (Hexaware, SierraCol), Cerberus (WFS, Haya), CVC (Multiversity, GEMS Education, Tendam), EQT (Dometic), Hillhouse (Philips Domestic Appliances), KKR (A.T.U), PAI (Marcolin, Nuance), Qualium (Quick Restaurants), Rhône (Fluidra, Nestle Waters, Eden Springs, S&B Minerals), Triton (Assemblin, Bormioli, Ovako, Dematic, Orion Engineered Carbons), Unitas (Hyva), Warburg Pincus (AA)

Alek has also worked on a number event-driven corporate leverage financings, including Kedrion, AMS/Osram, Eir, VistaJet, Corte Inglés, Hertz, CGG Veritas, Welltec, Perform Group, Viridian, Moto, Johnston Press, Carmeuse, Interxion, Dixons, SICPA (NOMA), Millicom, Gallery Group

Alek is also involved in high yield restructurings, on creditor or debtor side, including Haya, Seven Energy, Towergate, Klockner Pentaplast, Eircom, WIND Hellas, Countrywide, Almatis, Safilo, Jazztel, Hilding Anders, Truvo and DSI.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > High yield

(Hall of Fame)

Alexander Naidenov – Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP ‘operates at the very top of the market‘, and clients describe a ‘diverse practice with a broader focus than some of its competitors‘. This approach to high yield work sees the firm act for both corporate issuers and sponsors, as well as banks. Practice head Alexander Naidenov frequently acts for leading private equity sponsors and financial institutions, and was involved in some of the most significant deals in the market in 2023. Among these was a €1bn high yield offering on behalf of a large corporate issuer, and a major bond restructuring for a large real estate portfolio company. Emerging partner talent Giacomo Reali is ‘on-point all the time, driven and able to cope with the most complicated of situations‘. US partner Colin Chang and cross-border leveraged finance transactions specialist Christianne Williams also play pivotal roles in the practice.