Acting on its own as well as often alongside lawyers across the firm’s broader international network, Norton Rose Fulbright is very well-equipped to handle cross-border acquisition finance work for borrowers and lenders, particularly in the emerging markets. In this context, Neha Khosla and Alex Dunn are both very well-versed in advising on energy deals involving both commercial bank as well as export credit-backed debt. For domestic and European work, Chris Akinrele has a strong reputation for funds as borrowers and lenders engaged in mid-market leveraged finance deals, and James Dunnett has a market-leading niche advising financial advisors on cash confirmation due diligence associated with public bid financing. Michael Black, who co-heads the general banking team with Madhavi Gosavi, has niche ABL prowess, which he frequently incorporates as part of the debt in the context of sponsor-backed leverage finance deals.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Neha Khosla and James Dunnett are seasoned partners in this space.’
Key clients
- ABN AMRO Bank Accel-KKR Credit Partners, LP Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) ASB Bank Limited Banco Santander, S.A. Bank of America Blazehill Capital Limited BP Gas Marketing Limited Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. BZ Commercial Finance Designated Activity Company CCP Agency, LLC Citibank N.A., London Branch Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (London Branch) Deutsche Bank AG London East West Bank Eclipse Business Capital, LLC Erste Group Bank AG Ecobank Rwanda Evergreen Hill Enterprise Pte. Ltd. First National Bank Zambia FirstRand Bank Limited Halkbank Hamburg Commercial Bank AG HSBC UK Bank plc ICBC (London) plc Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited ING Bank International Finance Corporation (IFC) Jefferies Finance LLC JP Morgan Limited Keybank National Association Korea Trade Insurance Corporation Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Merrill Lynch International MUFG Bank, Ltd. (London Branch) Natixis Nedbank Nordea Bank Abp Pine Street Partners III, LP PNC Bank RBC Europe Limited Regions Bank Royal Bank of Canada Shell Energy Europe Limited Shell International Trading & Shipping Co. Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited Siemens Bank Gmbh SACE Société Générale Stanbic Bank Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) Standard Chartered Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) The Access Bank UK Limited Truist Bank UBS AG Wells Fargo Bank AIRRO (Mauritius) Holdings II (holding company of Leap Green Energy) AMC V SCA Bantry Bay BP plc (including BP Gas Marketing) Climate Bonds Initiative Coca-Cola HBC Eurasian Resources Group Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Frontera Energy Corporation Global Fashion Group S.A. Global Partnership for Ethiopia IMI plc Infinity Power IQUW JTC plc Moorgate Industries Limited Kino Energía Planet Payment Group Holdings Reach plc Roofoods Limited (Deliveroo) Sabre Corporation Inc. Surface Transforms plc TIC Bidco TC Energy and TransCanada Liquid Markets Tullow Oil plc UIL Limited Utilico Emerging Markets Limited Volution Group plc Yorkshire Country Cricket Club
Work highlights
Advised Natixis CIB on Trafigura Group's inaugural $1bn uncommitted discounted facility of credit-insured receivables and prepayments.
Advised the Italian export credit agency, SACE, and a syndicate of lenders led by HSBC in relation to a c.$500m SACE backed financing to Shriram Finance Limited (Shriram Finance).
Advised on a $150m loan facility to Saturn Resources Limited, an ETC Group special purpose vehicle bidding to acquire by way of a scheme all the issued share capital (except for shares already held by the group) in Shanta Gold Limited, a Guernsey incorporated entity listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and with gold mining assets in Tanzania and Kenya.
Practice head
Madhavi Gosavi; Michael Black James
Other key lawyers
James Dunnett; Neha Khosla; James Collis; Alex Zekkos; Chris Akinrele