White & Case LLP has extensive expertise in European and US-style financing techniques, ensuring it is highly proficient in managing complex capital structures and transactions across multiple jurisdictions. The firm advises both lenders and borrowers on mid and large-cap deals, demonstrating a strong capability in navigating intricate financial arrangements. While the team continues to represent major investment banks, its growing prominence in recent years has been particularly notable within the private credit sector, an area where Gareth Eagles is particularly skilled. Emma Foster is key to the firm’s alternative lending prowess, as is Richard Lloyd who has a versatile practice across the various debt products. On the borrower front, the team remains busy for sponsors and corporates on new money deals and refinancings, with Colin Harley and Martin Forbes particularly skilled in the space. The ‘exceptional’ Jeremy Duffy, who leverages particularly strong bank side relationships, in particular, co-heads the debt finance team alongside Eagles and Harley.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction

Testimonials

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  • 'The team is proactive and constructive.'
  • 'Jeremy Duffy has great client focus coupled with solid market knowledge and commercial awareness.'
  • ‘The exceptional Jeremy Duffy brings a wealth of knowledge to any transaction he works on.'

Key clients

  • Armira Investment Holding
  • Ares Management
  • Barings
  • Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors
  • Bridgepoint Credit
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Deutsche Bank
  • DNB Bank
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Golub Capital
  • HPS Partners
  • JP Morgan

Work highlights

Advising a club of private credit funds and the revolving facility lenders on the £5.4bn acquisition of leading UK financial services private investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown plc.
Advising CVC Capital Partners as Sponsor and Mehiläinen as Borrower in connection with a syndicated financing package totalling €2.06bn.
Advising Ares Management, Danske Bank and Nordea on the $1.43bn financing of debt facilities provided to Odevo. The financing was to support the acquisition by CVC of 50% of the equity of Odevo.

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Practice head

Colin Harley; Gareth Eagles; Jeremy Duffy

Other key lawyers

Martin Forbes; Nicola Jeffree; Shane McDonald; Peter Mason; Lauren Winter; Ben Morrison; Man Hay Yip