Clive Wells > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Offices
22 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Clive Wells
Work Department
Banking
Position
Partner
Career
Clive Wells advises on a wide range of banking matters, including acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, investment grade acquisitions, asset finance, project finance and structured finance transactions. Mr. Wells also advises on restructurings, reconstructions and workouts.
Memberships
- England & Wales, 1991
- Hong Kong, 1995
Education
- LLB (Honours), University of Bristol, 1987
- College of Law, Guildford (Law Society Final Examinations), 1988
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
Benefitting from deep knowledge of UK and US law governed finance products throughout the capital structure (including in relation to New York-law governed high yield), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP is well-positioned to advise its corporate client base across the spectrum of their finance needs. Team head Pete Coulton is at the forefront of this work, including on event-driven financings for multinational corporates and financing work for private equity portfolio clients in relation to bolt-on acquisitions. Clive Wells is also a key member of the team and has a wide level of expertise of corporate lending mandates, including where pricing is dependent on sustainability metrics.
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
With ‘a great work ethic’, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP provides an ‘exceptional service’, frequently working alongside its corporate and private equity practices, on behalf of a debtor-focused client base that includes both corporates and sponsors. ‘Very commercial‘ team head Pete Coulton ‘fights for what matters’ for his clients and is a popular choice on large cross-border leveraged and event-driven financings, often involving complex financing structures. Clive Wells handles some investment grade acquisition financing mandates as part of his wide-ranging finance practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Acquisition finance London > Finance
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition