Under the expert guidance of the 'technically excellent' Julie Romer, Stephenson Harwood has developed a thriving debt finance practice that handles domestic and cross-border acquisition finance work for clients both seeking or providing finance. As well as regularly working alongside the firm's very active mid to lower-mid market private equity group, the 'highly commercial' team is picking up a growing number of lender mandates, including for banks providing super senior facilities into unitranche structures.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Efficient, responsive, highly commercial, very strong technically, and very pleasant to deal with.'
  • ‘Julie Romer is exceptionally experienced, great to work with and always available. Technically excellent and strong commercial understanding.'
  • 'Lucia Barretto is a rising talent.’
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Key clients

  • Agathos
  • Barclays Bank
  • BD-Capital Partners
  • Bowmark Capital
  • Clydesdale Bank (trading as Virgin Money)
  • CORDET
  • FPE Capital
  • HSBC Bank
  • Investec Bank
  • OakNorth Bank
  • Santander

Work highlights

Advising Investec, HSBC, Barclays and OakNorth on the financing of ECI's acquisition of Croud.
Advising Bowmark Capital on the financing of its investment in CubeLogic, a company providing sales-as-a-service solutions for customers in the energy, commodities, and financial services sectors.
Advising CORDET on the refinancing of the SipM/Skills Dynamics Group, owned by Levine Leichtman.

Practice head

Julie Romer

Other key lawyers

Dan Margolis; Lucia Barretto