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Freshfields

Freshfields

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United States • Finance

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Commercial lending: advice to borrowers

At Freshfields, the ‘resourceful’ team works with private capital and corporate clients on deals including cross-border acquisition financing and carve-outs, workouts, fund financing and bridge loans. Team head Kyle Lakin assists well-known private and listed companies in various debt financing contexts. Final co-head Damian Ridealgh specialises in private credit and private equity transactions. Allison Liff departed the team in March 2026.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Freshfields team were key strategy partners to our company - both in day-to-day legal practices with our new loan capitalization structure, as well as with our M&A activity and navigating a tricky loan position with our lender. Kyle Lakin and his team were professional and strategic, with a client-centered approach in every step they took. We had successful outcomes in both transactions and I couldn't recommend them enough.’

  • ‘The strength of Freshfields NY is cross-border transactions.'

  • ‘Very good team which has been working for us for a very long period of time and know our syndicated facility inside-out. They assist with incrementals to the facility and questions the limitations imposed on us as borrowers by the facility.’

  • ‘Good and capable professionals. Resourceful. Knowledgeable.’

Key clients

  • Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
  • AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
  • Celsius, Inc.
  • Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Forest City Realty Trust, LLC
  • FormFactor
  • Infinity Engineered Products
  • JT International Inc.
  • Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
  • Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
  • Spartronics, LLC

Work highlights

Advised CVC on financing comprising a $585m senior secured term loan and $85m senior secured revolving credit facility to support its carve-out acquisition of the Therakos business from Mallinckrodt.
Advised Lowe’s on its arrangement of $9bn in bridge loan commitments to support its acquisition of Foundation Building Materials.
Advised Super Micro Computers, Inc. on a $1.79bn uncommitted receivables purchase facility with MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as initial purchasers.
Practice head

Kyle Lakin; Damian Ridealgh

Other key lawyers

Alex Kennedy; Nicholas Mack