Faisal Ramzan > Proskauer Rose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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8 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
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Faisal Ramzan

Work Department
Private Credit, Finance and Distressed Debt
Position
Faisal Ramzan is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit, Finance and Distressed Debt Groups.
Faisal’s practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic finance transactions and credit arrangements, particularly those financings that involve private sources of capital. He structures and negotiates a wide range of financing facilities such as:
• senior secured financings
• mezzanine debt
• second-lien loans
• bifurcated and stretched senior unitranche facilities
• holdco loans
• other innovative, first-in-kind structures
Faisal represents a broad array of lenders and investors, including private debt funds, alternative lenders, mezzanine funds, second lien lenders, hedge funds and specialty finance companies, often in the context of leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings.
Faisal has extensive experience in intercreditor and interlender issues, secured creditor and debt restructurings and he regularly negotiates intercreditor and subordination agreements, agreements among lenders and other complex interlender agreements.
Faisal has written debt finance articles for various publications and is a frequent contributor to industry and legal articles on European debt finance as well as a regular speaker at industry conferences.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
The ‘very experienced‘ team at Proskauer Rose LLP is focused solely on private credit and alternative debt products to finance M&A deals. Consequently it has close awareness of market trends and expertise across the full range of debt products throughout the capital structure, from senior and junior debt tranches to equity. The majority of the work remains in the mid market, however, the firm continues to regularly pick up larger deals as well. A leading direct lender in the market is a core client of the firm, with Alexander Griffith regularly acting for it across a range of mandates including financing for public-to-private deals, as well as on refinancings. Of the more junior partners, Harriet West is gaining market recognition in part due to her skill at working on novel transactions, including work for private credit lenders on unitranche mini-bond financings of Italian assets, while Daniel Hendon continues to advise across a range of new money deals and distressed/special situations. Phil Anscombe has a ‘very commercial mindset’, which he exploits on behalf of clients structuring mid and larger cap deals. Faisal Ramzan is also a key member of the team and is noted for his skill at structuring deals often involving complex intercreditor arrangements. The practice was boosted in July 2024 by the hire of Philip Bowden from A&O Shearman as global finance co-head and London leveraged finance head, along with acquisition finance specialist Megan Lawrence.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > High yield
- Finance > High yield
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > ESG