Derek Hrydziuszko > Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Offices
Governor’s House
5 Laurence Pountney Hill
EC4R 0BR
England
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Derek Hrydziuszko
Work Department
Corporate and Finance Transactions & Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Position
Partner
Career
Derek Hrydziuszko has more than two decades experience in the leveraged finance, investment grade and syndicated loans markets where he has acted for a wide range of participants including UK and international banks and financial institutions, private equity sponsors and multi-national corporates on leveraged finance transactions, investment grade financings, margin loans and unsecured financings.
Derek has also acted for both borrowers and lenders on numerous multi-jurisdictional restructuring transactions and for the lenders on a number of project and infrastructure related financings.
Derek’s representative experience also includes advising on a multitude of insurance, leisure and gaming, retail, fintech and hotel matters and he excels at accomplishing complex deals within tight timeframes and in finance transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Examples of acquisition finance work include Agilitas’ c€100m acquisition of Prodieco, Kape Technology’s near $1bn acquisition of ExpressVPN, GSH Private Capital’s investment in Getronics Group, Playtech on its €1.3bn acquisition of Snaitech and the MBO of Brookhouse Aerospace.
Derek has also facilitated major deals including Constellation Automotive Group’s £1.8bn refinancing package, the restructuring of Marken’s €400m syndicated facility, as well as multiple facility arrangements for the likes of TFG Brands, Raven Property Group, Playtech, Redde and Thesis Asset Management.
Derek is the London Family and Carers Group Champion, is actively involved in other Diversity and Inclusion activities around gender, disability, race and social mobility and has mentored multiple professional women as part of the 30% Club mentoring programme; Derek also established the Finance Mentoring Programme.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
(Leading partners)Led by Emma Howdle-Fuller, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner‘s flexible and nimble commercial lending team has strong credentials among lenders and borrowers for its work across a broad range of secured and unsecured debt finance products. Derek Hrydziuszko is particularly effective at assisting corporates (including those of investment-grade quality) with their financing requirements, including for general corporate lending and acquisition finance transactions. Shanan Dunstan rounds out the team at a partner level, and as part of her broad finance offering regularly advises banks and borrowers on hybrid ABL/cash-flow structures.
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
While it does handle some lender transactions, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is best known for its borrower work, including on behalf of core institutional corporate clients, both on new money deals as well as on refinancings and amendments to the original documentation. As part of his broad-ranging commercial lending expertise, Derek Hrydziuszko regularly advises investment-grade corporates on acquisition finance mandates, as does team head Emma Howdle-Fuller. Shanan Dunstan is adept at delivering innovative solutions for both banks and borrowers utilising a myriad of financial products, including ABL, which regularly forms part of the underlying finance package in relation to mandates handled by her.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
- Acquisition finance London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employee share schemes