Often working alongside its highly rated M&A team, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP‘s ’highly skilled’ borrower-focused practice has strong traction among corporates and financial sponsors, including on deals within heavily regulated industries. Unencumbered by any lender ties, the team, which is headed by Pete Coulton, is well-placed to elicit the best possible terms for its clients utilising financial products throughout all tiers of the capital structure, including syndicated loans, private credit, ABL PIK financings. Sebastian FitzGerald has had an immediate impact and since joining from Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP at the end of 2023 has worked on a number of key sponsor-led new money and refinancing transactions.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction
Testimonials
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- ‘It is a highly skilled, dynamic team that knows exactly how to execute a complex multi-jurisdictional acquisition financing.'
‘Pete Coulton brings a tremendous level of expertise, market knowledge and execution prowess to any deal they work on.’
Key clients
- Adevinta ASA
- Black Diamond Capital Management
- BlackRock
- Blackstone Inc.
- Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure
- Castik Capital
- Castlelake, L.P
- CVC Capital Partners
- Ferrero Family Office and its investment vehicles
- H.I.G. Capital
- Intelsat S.A.
- International Paper Company
- JAB Holding Company
- L'Occitane Group S.A. and Reinold Geiger
- Markerstudy Group
- Optio Group
- Pollen Street Capital
- Preservation Capital Partners
- SDC Capital
- Silver Lake Partners LLP
Work highlights
Advising BlackRock on the financing aspects of its $3.2bn strategic acquisition of Preqin.
Advising JAB and its affiliate Acorn Holdings in connection with the financing of its acquisition of shares in JDE Peet’s N.V. from global snack giant Mondelez.
Advised L'Occitane Groupe and Reinold Geiger, in the financing aspects of the take-private bid for L’Occitane International.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Pete Coulton
Other key lawyers
Clive Wells; Sebastian FitzGerald; Rui Qi; Brendan Macreadie; Zoe Cooper Sutton