Taylor Wessing LLP
Led by Martin Yells, Taylor Wessing LLP provides ‘high-quality advice’ to corporates and private equity firms engaged in mid-market acquisition finance mandates. A significant amount of the work revolves around the tech sector, including the provision of debt financing to later stage venture-backed clients of the firm. The ’hardworking’ Lerika Le Grange is a ‘first-rate banking lawyer’, and is a key member of the versatile team by virtue of her deep and wide expertise across new money and distressed debt/restructuring transactions.
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‘The superb team provides high-quality advice.'
'The hardworking Lerika Le Grange is a first-rate banking lawyer.'
Key clients
- Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
- Hilton Food Group plc
- Ecora Resources plc
- CentralNic Group plc
- NoteMachine / Eurochange
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners / K2 Partnering Solutions
- EA-RS Fire Engineering Limited
- Rutland Partners / JSM Group
- Shield Therapeutics plc
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners / Virgin Experience Days
- PNC Business Credit
- Bridgepoint Advisors II Limited
Work highlights
- Acted for Digital 9 on a revolving credit facility of £375m (plus an uncommitted accordion for a further £200m) to support the company in continuing to make strategic acquisitions in the digital infrastructure sector.
- Advised meat and specialist protein product processor Hilton Foods Group PLC on the refinancing of all of its existing debt facilities (which included the multi-currency revolving and term facilities we advised HFG on in 2017 and a bridge financing we advised on in late 2021) with a new unsecured multi-currency revolving and term investment grade facilities agreement, in part to support the strategic acquisition of Foppen and the Dutch Seafood Company.
- Acting on the refinancing of the CentralNic Group via syndicated term and revolving loan facilities.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin Yells