Instructed by a fairly balanced mix of sponsors, corporates and lenders, Baker McKenzie has developed excellent awareness of the commercial drivers and what is “market” on both the creditor and debtor sides. As well as being skilled at advising on big-ticket bank and bond financings, the team is also very well-versed at advising on private credit funded deals where it is adept at handling a myriad of products including super senior, unitranche and first out/last out. Nick O’Grady has a versatile lender-side practice that includes work for banking syndicates as well as direct lenders, while for borrower instructions Matthew Cox is a popular choice among private equity sponsors on cross-border mid-market deals. Ben Wilkinson co-heads the team alongside O'Grady and Cox.
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Key clients
- Bain Capital
- FSN Capital
- H.I.G. Capital
- Keensight Capital
- KKR
- Oceans Finance Company
- One Equity Partners
- Six Degrees Holdings
Work highlights
Advised Unikmind Holdings Ltd on its successful cash offer and public-to-private takeover of Kape Technologies plc, a leading 'privacy-first' digital security software provider.
Advised Ares Management on the certain funds financing for the public takeover offer of Adept Technologies Group plc by Wavenet Bidco Ltd and portfolio company of Macquarie Private Investments.
Represented Edwardian Hotels, one of the UK's leading privately owned hotel groups, in the sale of a one-of-a-kind portfolio of Central London freehold hotels to the American private equity firm Starwood Capital Group.
Lawyers
Practice head
Nick O'Grady; Ben Wilkinson; Matthew Cox
Other key lawyers
Anthony Kay; Lana Ahern