With a UK law loans team mirroring the calibre of its New York law high-yield offering following a series of high-profile hires in 2023 and most recently in May 2025 after Chris Medley and Rohan Saha joined from Linklaters, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP now has the strength-in-depth and critical mass to handle a range of lender side mandates. As well as advising on the debt packages to facilitate a number of sponsor-backed deals for both investment banks and credit funds, the team, under the guidance of the vastly experienced Korey Fevzi, has also been lender counsel for a number of US corporates acquiring UK-listed companies – including for the underwriters/arrangers on American Axle’s $4.6bn financing package for the takeover of Dowlais Group plc. Philip Stopford led on the aforementioned deal and is a key contact within the team that also includes Jackson Lam, who has good connections among banks and credit funds, and Chantelle Dovey, who provides support in pan-European cross-border financings.
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Work Department
Corporate
Position
Chantelle Dovey has extensive experience in the European leveraged finance market advising on complex cross‑border acquisition finance, refinancing and general lending transactions for investment banks, large corporates and funds.
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Testimonials
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- 'They are very up to date and on top of the market's evolution/innovations/ trends, displaying an ability to act on very complex transactions and advise beyond a precedent-based approach.'
- 'We have a longstanding relationship with Korey Fevzi; full trust in his judgement and modus operandi which aligns perfectly with my firm requirements in term of legal advice and support.'
Key clients
- Alicorn Venture Partners
- Investcorp
- Marlin Equity Partners
- Outbrain
Work highlights
Represented the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in the €1.9bn bank/bond financing supporting the public-to-private acquisition of Applus+ by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital.
Represented the lead arranger, bookrunner, lenders and administrative agent in the c.$4.6bn financing package for American Axle’s takeover of Dowlais.
Represented the administrative agent, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in a £1.35bn bridge credit facility to finance the takeover by Keysight Technologies of Spirent Communications.