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United Kingdom
20 August 2025
With ‘a deep bench across both investment grade and leveraged loans’ and the versatility to advise on English and US law governed documentation, White & Case LLP is a popular choice among many high-profile banks to advise on syndicated loans. The scope of the work is broad, running the gamut from financings to facilitate general corporate lending and working capital requirements through to strategic M&A. As well as work in the leveraged finance space, ’pragmatic and user-friendly’ team head Jeremy Duffy is also highly skilled at advising on investment grade and crossover credit deals, where he is able to draw from his ‘deep knowledge of the market and key market participants’. Working alongside ’exceptional’ real estate finance practitioner Lisa Seifman, Duffy has also recently advised on a number of high-profile cross-border data centre financings. Shane McDonald and Peter Mason are also recommended.
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‘Strong team with a deep bench across both investment grade and leveraged loans.’
‘Jeremy Duffy. He works his deals; he doesn't bait and switch. He has deep knowledge of the market and the key market participants, and is pragmatic and user-friendly. Respected by both banks and sponsors.’
'Jeremy Duffy and Lisa Seifman are both exceptional partners who bring the knowledge of leveraged finance, project finance and real estate finance together to work seamlessly and effectively on data centre deals.'
'Great client focus. Very up to date on market developments and risks posed to clients. Extremely responsive and proactive. Always helpful.'
'Jeremy Duffy is my go to. He's always available, commercial and balanced and I greatly value his advice and market knowledge.'
Key clients
- Ares Management
- Barclays Bank
- Barings
- Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors
- Citibank
- Deutsche Bank
- DNB Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- Golub Capital
- J.P. Morgan
- Nordea Bank
- Royal Bank of Canada
Practice head
Jeremy Duffy
Other key lawyers
Shane McDonald; Peter Mason; Lauren Winter; Lisa Seifman