Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP‘s primary acquisition finance focus is advising its impressive roster of large investment grade corporates on the debt structuring to facilitate their M&A transactions, although it does handle some lender matters (particularly in relation to real estate mandates and emerging markets matters) . The team, which is co-headed by Kristen Roberts, William Breeze and Gabrielle Wong, also handles targeted funds-side work (for both private equity sponsors and sovereign wealth funds), focusing on transactions within core firmwide sector strengths including energy and infrastructure.
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Key clients
- Schneider Electric plc
- Bank of America
- GIC
- Inchcape plc
- Capital & Counties plc
- Elementis plc
- Synthomer plc
- Workspace Group plc
- Marel hf and its subsidiaries
- Victorian Funds Management Corporation
Work highlights
- Advised Schneider Electric SE on its £4.1bn multicurrency bridge facility agreement in connection with its proposed acquisition of Aveva Group plc, one of Britain's biggest tech companies.
- Advised Bank of America and HSBC as lenders on the multi-billion-pound separation financing of Haleon from the GSK group.
- Advised GIC on the financing of its strategic acquisition of a minority stake in CETIN Group, the CEE leading mobile telecommunications infrastructure platform.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kristen Roberts, William Breeze, Gabrielle Wong