Daniel Gendron > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Daniel Gendron

020 7456 5299 daniel.gendron@linklaters.com View profile

Work Department

Banking, Leveraged Finance

Position

Daniel has extensive experience in leveraged finance transactions and financial restructurings, as well as high yield bond issuances. He acts for a variety of lenders (focusing on alternative credit providers) and borrowers (focusing on financial sponsors and their portfolio companies). He has wide-ranging expertise in both new money financings and restructurings, enabling him to deliver comprehensive and commercial advice to his clients. 

Daniel is also actively involved with the firm’s initiatives surrounding Canada, including developing and maintaining Canadian client and institutional relationships, as well as providing Canadian companies and institutions with advice regarding outbound investments.

Work highlights:

Daniel has worked on an array of market-leading matters. These include advising:

• the mandated lead arrangers on the £1.7bn post-IPO financing of the WorldPay group
• the anchor investors on the €2.8bn restructuring of French fashion retailer Vivarte, the largest ever leveraged buyout restructuring in France
• various portfolio companies belonging to Canadian pension funds
• the coordinating committee of lenders on the £2.3bn restructuring of the hibu (formerly Yell) group
• Montagu Private Equity on its acquisition and subsequent disposal of each of CAP Automotive and the University of Law
• GET, the Norwegian cable TV operator, on its refinancing and subsequent sale
• numerous financial sponsors and alternative credit providers on first lien/second lien and unitranche structures

Languages

French.

Memberships

Daniel is an occasional speaker at Loan Markets Association conferences, speaking about topics such as leveraged inter-creditor terms and multi-layered capital structures.

Education

Daniel graduated from the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) with a bachelor degree in law and an honours degree in common law.