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Luke McDougall
Work Department
Corporate Department
Position
Luke McDougall is a partner in the Finance and Leveraged Finance practices at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Mr. McDougall focuses his practice on UK and cross-border acquisition finance and restructuring. He has experience acting for senior lenders, junior lenders and borrower groups on a variety of capital structures as well as, debt portfolio acquisitions and specialist financing transactions.
Education
- University of Sydney, LL.B., 2002
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
(Leading individuals)Paul Hastings LLP has been on upward trajectory in the leveraged finance market for the last decade, with a series of astute recent hires reaching its apogee in 2022 with the recruitment of a team of high-profile finance lawyers from top-tier outfit Latham & Watkins. Consequently, the firm now has the critical mass and product knowledge, particularly in the big-ticket lender side bank and bond market (where it is well-versed in advising on European and US-style documentation), to provide a truly credible alternative to its magic circle and white shoe US firm competitors. Luke McDougall has been at the forefront of the firm’s push for increased market visibility and remains a popular choice among leading investment/commercial banks on large underwritten deals. He now co-heads the team alongside new recruits Ross Anderson and Mohamed Nurmohamed, who are both able to draw on significant cross-border leveraged finance experience across a diverse array of financial products.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > TMT