Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP frequently lends financing support on high value transactions for both public and private listed companies. The team’s further workload includes real estate finance, leveraged finance and corporate lending. Practice head Jason Wurzal advises corporate borrowers, financial institutions and sponsors on acquisition finance and loan facilities. Hannah McAdam is a further key name in the team and is adept at corporate banking, leveraged finance and real estate finance matters. Among the recent departures from the team were Thomas Donohoe and Rebecca Williams.
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‘Jason Wurzal - strong level of partner involvement, inspires confidence in managing key commercial aspects and resolving outstanding issues.’
‘The team is very user-friendly and worked hard to meet demanding deadlines throughout the transaction. They are well connected with the rest of their firm, including internationally, and were able to seamlessly involve the relevant specialisms to get our deal done.’
‘Jason Wurzal is consistently commercial and pragmatic. He provides practical legal advice grounded in years of experience, which was hugely beneficial in closing a highly complex loan in a very tight timeframe.’
‘The Eversheds Sutherland team was commercial and solutions-oriented throughout a complex financing transaction. They provided valuable insight and guidance throughout the deal, which included drafting highly bespoke financing documents. They protected our interests in a balanced way, providing commercial views to support us in getting the deal done.’
‘Jason Wurzal led our transaction and provided commercial and practical advice throughout a complex transaction. He led the banking side of the transaction but also introduced relevant tax and structuring colleagues quickly in order to find the right solutions. On banking, he advised us from an early stage and through completion, creating bespoke financing documentation for the unusual structure.’
‘We worked with the team on a transaction that had to be completed in a tight time frame. The team's strengths were the wealth of experience they could apply to our work, strong communication skills, enable to translate the complex to simple with ease and relevance. Turnaround of queries was exceptionally quick, meaning we completed according to plan and without any last minute surprises.’
‘Jason Wurzal was a pleasure to work with, being able to blend his wealth of experience with a quick understanding of our business to address our queries, look after our interests and provide exceptional advice throughout the process. In addition, there was good follow-up after the transaction had completed, being to keen to understand from us any areas that could have been better handled.’
'The team had a variety of individuals who worked in a very collegiate manner. They responded to requests in a timely manner and were able to overcome obstacles in the transaction by including us and our team and working to find solutions.'
'The team are diligent, responsive and knowledgeable in a variety of UK and international requirements across complex group structures and varying financial instruments. the working partnership is very approachable and proactive, making internal referrals for advice seamless and effortless for the client.'
'Very strong team working seamlessly with other Eversheds Sutherland offices.'
Key clients
- Next plc/Next Group plc
- Revolution Beauty Group plc
- Epwin Group plc
- Lookers Limited
- Reiss Limited
- N Brown plc
- Renold plc
- Fintel plc
- Andium Homes
- Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc
- Peel Media Limited
- Cadogan Estates Limited
- Topps Tiles plc
- Seashell Trust
- Howard de Walden Estates Limited
- Barclays Bank PLC
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Santander UK plc
- Perwyn Advoisots
Work highlights
Supported Advanced Medical Solutions on the funding aspects of the acquisition of Peters Surgical, France for £121m.
Supported Uinsure on the funding aspects of the minority investment by LDC, including new club banking facilities.
Supported Miss Group on the funding aspect of their acquisition of Domeneshop A/S, Norway, including the refinancing of the group loan facilities.
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Practice head
Jason Wurzal
Other key lawyers
Hannah McAdam; Matt Cosgrove