Litigation
United Kingdom
10 July 2025
Leveraging ‘stellar experience and knowledge of current market practice’, Slaughter and May is very well-equipped to advise its borrower-focused client base across the full array of their financing needs, including to facilitate big-ticket M&A mandates. Although it does handle a small amount of private equity work, the majority of the firm's deal flow originates from its market-leading corporate practice which counts an impressive volume of FTSE 100/250 clients at its disposal. Lawyers within the team are well-versed in advising across the gamut of financing products, including TLBs, unitranche, and loan/high yield bond hybrid structures, as well as offering a strong “certain funds” public bid finance practice. Team head Matthew Tobin is recommended.
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Testimonials
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- 'Stellar experience and knowledge of current market practice.'
- 'Seamless service and unflinching dedication to doing the right thing for their clients.'
Key clients
- Dufry
- INEOS
- Vodafone
- Marshalls
- Ascential
- TRC
Work highlights
Advised Vodafone on the combination of its UK telecommunications businesses (Vodafone UK) with Three UK, with Vodafone owning 51% and CK Hutchison owning 49% of the combined business
Advised INEOS Finance plc and INEOS US Finance LLC in connection with the incurrence of new $1.2bn and €800m term loans.
Advised Marshalls plc on all aspects of its acquisition of private-equity-owned Marley Group plc, a Class 1 transaction which was financed by the issuance of consideration shares and £370m of new debt facilities.
Lawyers
Practice head
Matthew Tobin
Other key lawyers
Ed Fife; Robert Byk; Caroline Phillips; Guy O'Keefe; Azadeh Nassiri; Susan Hughes; Richard Jones; Claire Cooke; Charlie McGarel-Groves; Samay Shah; Kevin Howes; David Hay; Jennifer Sadek; Emma Girot