Litigation
United Kingdom
19 August 2025
Acquisition finance forms a key part of Slaughter and May’s generalist finance offering which is squarely focused on servicing a blue riband array of leading FTSE corporates, as well as some financial sponsors. Consequently, the team is able to provide a very flexible approach, whether it be accessing liquidity in the TLB syndicated market, through the use of unitranche facilities or the bond markets. “Certain funds” public bid finance work is also a core strength, be it on behalf of both corporate and fund bidders. Banking head Ed Fife is key to the firm’s success on Takeover Code matters, work which he combines with corporate lending/acquisition skills as well as some bank-side mandates.
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Key clients
- Pollen Street Capital
- Fortress Investment Group
- Deutsche Bank
- Lonza
- Venus Topco Limited
- Agility
- Tristar Holdings Limited
- Spectris
- INEOS Holdings Limited
- ASOS plc
- National Wealth Fund
- Jewel UK Midco Limited
Work highlights
Advised INEOS Holdings Limited, a global chemical and energy company, and various subsidiaries within the group on a refinancing its existing TLBs.
Advised a subsidiary of funds managed by Pollen Street Capital on its recommended acquisition of Mattioli Woods plc, a diversified wealth and asset management business.
Advised Ares, CDPQ and Schroders Capital’s Private Debt and Credit Alternatives on an agreement to provide up to €750m by way of junior secured HoldCo term debt to the EMEA arm of Vantage Data Centers.
Practice head
Ed Fife
Other key lawyers
Matthew Tobin; Robert Byk; Caroline Phillips; Azadeh Nassiri; Susan Hughes; Richard Jones; Gary O'Keefe; Claire Cooke; Charlie McGarel-Groves; Samay Shah; Kevin Howes; David Hay