Drawing upon strong ties with a balanced roster of lenders and borrowers, Linklaters LLP has excellent insight into the commercial drivers on both sides of a transaction. Led from London by Oliver Sceales and enhanced by an extensive network of lawyers in key global financial centres, the team is comfortable handling large-cap cross-border syndicated TLB and high-yield transactions. The vastly experienced Nick Syson maintains very strong connections with leading underwriting banks on large-cap transactions, including his recent work on high-profile public bid financings. Drawing upon strong banking and credit fund connections, Pathik Gandhi is regularly engaged in sponsor-backed leveraged finance transactions, including recently advising on the refinancing of private debt in the public markets as the broadly syndicated markets have reopened. On the borrower front, Tom Waller is very adept at advising across the full range of financial products, including within the syndicated loans and private credit markets.
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Oliver Sceales
Other key lawyers
Nick Syson; Tom Waller; Pathik Gandhi; Toby Grimstone; Oliver Edwards; Angus Graham; Andrew Jennens; Peter Hayes; Victoria Wright; Tarini Wettimuny; Imogen Bailey; Shruti Subramaniam; Carolina Abecasis