While Macfarlanes LLP is best-known for its private capital expertise in the leveraged finance market, it also has a fairly substantial borrower side offering in the corporate lending space, both for standalone corporations and sponsor-owned portfolio companies. Kirstie Hutchinson who is key to this work adds particular value to cross-over credits requiring bespoke security structures, many of which include complex inter-creditor arrangements. Hutchinson also regularly advises on the English law aspects associated with work for US-listed companies. Malcolm Hitching also handles some conventional debt finance work as well as having niche expertise on financings in the litigation and legal assets sector. Andrew Perkins heads up the overarching finance department and is best-known for his alternative credit leveraged finance expertise.
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‘The team is extremely knowledgeable, partner led and responsive.’
‘Kirstie Hutchinson is very passionate and knowledgeable, very detailed and easy to work with.’
‘Kirstie Hutchinson has excellent knowledge and commercial application of that knowledge.’
Key clients
- Gemcorp Capital Management Limited
- J D Wetherspoon Plc
- Cimpress plc
- Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Work highlights
Advised Gemcorp (as lender) in relation to its on-going investment in the Walkabout group (Australia).
Advised J D Wetherspoon Plc on a refinancing with its syndicate of thirteen banks, including HSBC, BNP Paribas, NatWest, Barclays, Rabobank and Lloyds as mandated lead arrangers.
Advised long-standing NASDAQ-listed multinational client Cimpress plc on the English law aspects of its refinancing.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Andrew Perkins
Other key lawyers
Kirstie Hutchinson; Malcolm Hitching; Adam Caines; Pinar Celebi