Often working in a seamless fashion alongside the firm’s well regarded private equity corporate team as well as offices in Paris and Frankfurt, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP is a very popular choice among financial sponsors engaged in large-cap and mid-market cross-border European leveraged finance deals. Funds also form the backbone of the firm’s hybrid capital offering which includes work on direct lending transactions, as well as special situations matters – where it often works in a synergistic fashion alongside the firm’s restructuring group. Team head Ashley Young and Daniel Gendron are the main contacts for both the borrower and lender work and have expertise at advising across all levels of the capital structure.
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Key clients

  • Platinum Equity Advisors LLC
  • Searchlight Capital Partners
  • FFL Partners, LLC
  • CVC
  • Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
  • Investcorp Technology Partners
  • Hanover Investors
  • Bain Capital Credit
  • Freshstream
  • PAI Partners
  • Fidelis Partnership
  • Davidson Kempner

Work highlights

Advised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Sunrise Medical from Nordic Capital.
Assisted the lenders for a financing for the acquisition of Lebronze Alloys (LBA) by Astorg.
Served as acquisition and financing counsel to Davidson Kempner Capital Management on its acquisition, supported by operating partner Afendis Capital Management, of ice cream producer YSCO from Milcobel.

Practice head

Ashley Young; Paul Lombard

Other key lawyers

Daniel Gendron; Komal Raina; Timothy Sawyer