While it does handle some lender transactions, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is best known for its borrower work, including on behalf of core institutional corporate clients, both on new money deals as well as on refinancings and amendments to the original documentation. As part of his broad-ranging commercial lending expertise, Derek Hrydziuszko regularly advises investment-grade corporates on acquisition finance mandates, as does team head Emma Howdle-Fuller. Shanan Dunstan is adept at delivering innovative solutions for both banks and borrowers utilising a myriad of financial products, including ABL, which regularly forms part of the underlying finance package in relation to mandates handled by her.
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Key clients
- Playtech
- Kape Technologies
- Rabobank
- Tesco
- The Arena Unit Trust
- Voneus
- Long Harbour
- Romulus Holdings
- Aferian
- SIR
Work highlights
- Represented Playtech on the bridge financing for its bid for the acquisition of SKS365 Malta Holdings, the holding company for the Italy-based betting group behind the PlanetWin365 and PlanetPay365 brands.
- Representing Kape, a leading UK-based privacy-first digital security software provider, on a number of exercises in relation to its existing $500m syndicated facility.
- Represented the Chilean branch of Rabobank in respect of a term facility provided by it to Agroberries for the purposes of funding general corporate purposes and to finance organic and inorganic growth, following an earlier 2022 financing on which the firm acted to acquire an interest in Berry World.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Emma Howdle-Fuller