Headed by Mark Edwards, Ashurst has established a very strong reputation in the mid to upper-mid market for lenders funding sponsor-backed acquisitions. Ross Ollerhead is highly active in the practice, including for core client BlackRock, with work running the gamut from new money M&A deals as well as more bespoke financings involving some distress. Helen Burton is also very skilled at handling private credit transactions, including unitranche structures, as is Laura Ho, who has developed a particularly strong reputation in relation to infrastructure deals. The firm also draws upon traditional banking relationships to solely fund deals, as well as increasingly alongside credit funds on club deals. Senior partner Nigel Ward has experience at handling both leveraged and infrastructure finance mandates.
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Key clients
- Agilitas Private Equity
- Amalfi Bidco Limited
- Apollo
- Ares Management
- Arcmont Asset Management
- Avenue Capital
- AVEVA Group plc
- Bain Capital Credit
- Barings Asset Management
- BlackRock
- Blackstone Credit and Insurance
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Work highlights
Advising Pemberton Capital Advisers on the financing of Mubadala Capital's acquisition of RelyOnNutec, a Danish-headquartered company specialising in supporting safety critical industries through training, digital services, consultancy and IT.
Advising Ares Management Limited as lender on a Holdco independent power producer (IPP) financing, supporting BNZ's solar portfolio expansion across Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Advising Hayfin on its unitranche financing of the acquisition by StarCapital of V Ships.
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Practice head
Mark Edwards
Other key lawyers
Helen Burton; Laura Ho; Nigel Ward; Ross Ollerhead; Tamsin Crawford