Ogier‘s banking and finance team is ’always prepared to go the extra mile’, assisting both bank and private credit lenders and borrowers with the structuring of fund, real estate and acquisition financing facilities. The team is also able to assist banks with the restructuring of existing credit lines and enforcement of security arrangements. Jointly heading the team are Christopher Jones, whose practice encompasses fund, real estate and asset financing, and Paul Chanter, a specialist in leveraged finance structures and refinancing matters. Matthew Macfarlane operates a broad practice, covering real estate and fund financing, in addition to assisting with secured lending arrangements.
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- 'Excellent team coordination and senior partner oversight.'
- 'Highly experienced, very good coordination across divisions and always prepared to go the extra mile for their client.'
- 'Extremely competent and responsive across all jurisdictions. Most offshore firms have differing quality across jurisdictions which Ogier manages to avoid and provides a consistently high standard of service on all local law aspects of a transaction.'
- 'Paul Chanter is responsive and provides appropriately tailored advice as required for any transaction.'
Key clients
- HSBC Bank plc
- HSBC Innovation
- Apollo Management International LLP
- MetLife Investment Management
- Caledonia Investments plc
- M&G Investment Management Limited
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association
- The International Securities Lending Association
- Mid Europa
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
- Apax Partners LLP
- LaSalle Investment Management
Work highlights
Advised Advent International in relation to the $6.3bn financing for the its take-private acquisition of Nuvei Corporation.
Acted for Sixth Street in connection with its new strategic financing made available to Essential Pharma through a Gyrus Capital single-asset continuation vehicle led by AlpInvest, a subsidiary of Carlyle Global Investment Solutions.
Advised Citibank in respect of the multi-currency $90m senior secured revolving credit facility made available to Genius Sports Group.
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Practice head
Christopher Jones; Paul Chanter
Other key lawyers
Matthew Macfarlane