Andrew Perkins > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Work Department

Finance

Position

Andrew is head of the finance group. He acts for alternative lenders, credit funds, banks and financial institutions on a wide range of financing transactions.

Andrew advises banks, alternative lenders and credit funds on all aspects of cross-border and domestic leveraged financings, fund finance and speciality finance.

Andrew has a strong presence in the alternative credit space, advising fund managers on subscription lines and leverage facilities for their credit funds, advising these funds, and other alternative debt providers, on their leverage financing portfolio acquisitions and other credit investments.

Career

Trained Hammonds LLP; qualified 2001; joined Macfarlanes 2003; partner 2009

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Acquisition finance

Leveraging a deep firmwide understanding of the funds industry, including associated fund formation and fund finance, Macfarlanes LLP has deep insight for private equity sponsors as borrowers and private credit funds lending to facilitate M&A in the upper-mid market, with Andrew Perkins heading the team. Kirstie Hutchinson has an excellent understanding of debt products throughout the capital structure, knowledge which she imparts to good effect to borrowers and lenders on leveraged/acquisition finance mandates as well as more general financing work, including investment-grade lending. Malcolm Hitching also regularly advises sponsors, borrowers and alternative capital providers on acquisition finance deals across a range of sectors.

London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans

Although Macfarlanes LLP is best known for its mid-market leveraged finance prowess, it also handles a not inconsiderable volume of broader investment-grade lending work, particularly where there is a degree of complexity involved. Kirstie Hutchinson is key to this work and, as well as handling standalone mandates for a number of large listed corporates and private companies, she also regularly provides local law advice in a referral capacity for a major US law firm. Andrew Perkins heads the team.

London > Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance

Asset managers, private equity firms, and credit funds are all routine features of Macfarlanes LLP‘s client list. The team has nurtured its distinct knowledge of credit funds, particularly concerning their gearing facilities. Alternative work sources include subscription lines, NAV facilities, and GP support facilities. Team head Andrew Perkins is key to the firm’s relationships with credit funds, advising on their finance requirements and critical deployment mandates. Richard Fletcher helps his clients structure subscription lines, GP facilities, Manco facilities, and NAVs into a variety of investment funds. Adam Caines was promoted to partner in April 2023.

London > Finance > Securitisation

The structured finance group at Macfarlanes LLP has a ‘great combination of transactional and businesss skills and regulatory expertise‘. Lead partner Richard Fletcher is ‘an outstanding legal adviser with exceptional technical knowledge‘. Andrew Perkins, who heads the finance group, Kelly Wilson and Ryan Moore also play pivotal roles in the practice. Particularly well known for advising banks, alternative lenders and credit funds, the firm handles regulatory and transactional matters, notably residential and commercial mortgages, consumer loans, trade receivables and whole-business deals.