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Alasdair McKenzie
Work Department
Energy; Tech; Banking & Finance; Private Equity; Real Estate Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Alasdair McKenzie has broad experience, having advised a range of private and listed corporates, private equity funds and financial institutions on a variety of domestic and international debt products including bilateral and syndicated facilities, leveraged and acquisition finance, unitranche structures, early stage debt (especially in FinTech) and commercial real estate loans. This breadth of experience affords him the ability to understand how to cut through complex issues and focus on the key drivers behind a transaction.
Alasdair is an active member of the firm’s Tech sector group, working with start-ups (and their investors / angels) right through to more established and well known TMT focused corporates, with particular expertise in P2P, cyber security, media and FinTech.
Stemming from time spent living abroad, travels and an interest in global commerce, Alasdair also supports the firm’s advisory offering in EMEA, in particular advising sponsors, financiers and corporates on general lending, trade finance, credit enhancement, acquisition finance and project specific mandates.
Above all Alasdair prides himself on being an outgoing and engaging individual, with a strong work ethic but also a keen sense of humour.
Experience
Advising an international financial institution in respect of loan facilities advanced to an international data analysis business seeking to fund research and development of new product lines.
Ongoing advice to a leading UK-based P2P platform in relation to its capital and debt funding requirements.
Advising an international financial institution in respect of loan facilities being advanced to an AIM-listed international corporate to part finance, amongst other things and along with the proceeds of an additional capital raise, the acquisition of a complementary international business in the manufacturing sector.
Advising an AIM-listed international corporate on the debt financing aspects of its acquisition of a listed international competitor in the collectibles/retail market
Ongoing advice to a European private equity house in relation to its leveraged finance arrangements regarding a number of its portfolio companies in the health sector, located around the globe.
Advising an international venture capital fund on its repurchase of assets from a portfolio company operating in the FinTech space.
Advising a European corporate in relation to its financing of the acquisition of a portfolio of commercial real estate units across Europe.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Industry focus > Emerging markets
Gowling WLG has a thriving projects and infrastructure practice in London that is ‘technically sound, pragmatic and risk aware not risk averse, professional and culturally sensitive‘. Head of international projects Jonathan Brufal is ‘not only willing, but keen, to get into the detail on projects‘. He worked with project finance specialists Andrew Newbery and Imran Mufti to support Saudi construction company Alfanar Company in the development of five Construction Villages procured by the NEOM Company, each with accommodation for up to 10,000 individuals who will ultimately oversee and deliver a new urban area in Tabuk Province. Corporate energy partner Gareth Baker ‘provides pragmatic and sound legal advice, taking time to understand the commercials‘, and impact finance partner Alasdair McKenzie ‘has a clear interest and passion for emerging markets work and his advice is sound and pragmatic‘. Together they advised InfraCo Africa on a $15m loan to to UK-registered next generation utility company Bboxx for its Africa-focused off-grid solar business. Head of natural resources Charles Bond and standout partner for international arbitration Gordon Bell are also active in emerging markets.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Environment
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport