Under the expert guidance of the 'technically excellent' Julie Romer, Stephenson Harwood has developed a thriving debt finance practice that handles domestic and cross-border acquisition finance work for clients both seeking or providing finance. As well as regularly working alongside the firm's very active mid to lower-mid market private equity group, the 'highly commercial' team is picking up a growing number of lender mandates, including for banks providing super senior facilities into unitranche structures.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Efficient, responsive, highly commercial, very strong technically, and very pleasant to deal with.'
- ‘Julie Romer is exceptionally experienced, great to work with and always available. Technically excellent and strong commercial understanding.'
- 'Lucia Barretto is a rising talent.’
Key clients
- Agathos
- Barclays Bank
- BD-Capital Partners
- Bowmark Capital
- Clydesdale Bank (trading as Virgin Money)
- CORDET
- FPE Capital
- HSBC Bank
- Investec Bank
- OakNorth Bank
- Santander
Work highlights
Advising Investec, HSBC, Barclays and OakNorth on the financing of ECI's acquisition of Croud.
Advising Bowmark Capital on the financing of its investment in CubeLogic, a company providing sales-as-a-service solutions for customers in the energy, commodities, and financial services sectors.
Advising CORDET on the refinancing of the SipM/Skills Dynamics Group, owned by Levine Leichtman.
Practice head
Julie Romer
Other key lawyers
Dan Margolis; Lucia Barretto