Erik Gotfredsen and Ian Stone jointly chair the corporate department at Wakefield Quin, within which sits the firm’s finance offering. The team is adept at handling a range of mandates, including those involving banking and structured finance, public and private offerings, debt and equity securities, and reorganisations and restructurings. Real estate projects are also a key area of activity for group. Gotfredson is especially skilled in matters surrounding debt and equity offerings, while Stone’s core expertise lies in IPOs and capital market transactions.

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  • ‘Excellent. Always timely, always thoughtful, always commercial.'

  • 'Superb client service meaning availability, pragmatism, and deep experience.’

  • ‘Ian Stone delivers.'

Key clients

  • Accenture Group
  • Altamont Capital Partners
  • ATN International, Inc.
  • Bermuda Broadcasting Company Limited
  • Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
  • National General Insurance Group
  • Nordic Trustee ASA
  • Seacrest Group
  • The Carlyle Group Inc.
  • VEON Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Advised Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank on the refinancing of $2.6bn of letters of credit and term loan facilities in favour of McDermott International, Ltd.
  • Advised Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on its syndicated loan financing of €500m to fund renewable energy pipeline projects.
  • Advised Nordic Trustee AS, as bond trustee, on a $315m 4.5-year senior secured first lien Nordic bond issued by Shelf Drilling (North Sea), Holdings Ltd.

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Practice head

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Erik Gotfredsen, Ian Stone

Other key lawyers

Johann Oosthuizen, Alex Evans, Jemima Fearnside