Acquisition finance

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP

‘Abreast of all the key mid-market and large-cap leveraged and corporate loan debt products’, including the requirements of the US market when financing European deals, McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP is a popular choice for funds as lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border deals utilising debt throughout the capital stack. ’Outstandingly intelligent’ team head Aymen Mahmoud is ‘focused on efficient deal execution’ and is appreciated for his ’pragmatic and solutions-driven’ service. Mark Fine is also a key member of the team and alongside Italian-qualified counsel Giulia Venanzoni provides ‘great strategic insights’ on leveraged finance deals. Christopher Kandel joined the team from Morrison Foerster in June 2024, as did John Burge.

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Testimonials

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'The excellent team is collaborative, pragmatic and solutions driven.'
'It distinguishes itself in being abreast of all the key mid-market and large-cap leveraged and corporate loan debt products.'
'The team is very active and is one of the challenger finance teams making a real mark in the London market with its can-do attitude and delivery. In terms of raw intelligence, this team probably is the best in the market and it distinguishes itself by remaining entirely commercial.'
'They have good market knowledge.'
'Aymen Mahmoud is outstandingly intelligent, very commercial, very experienced and focused on efficient deal execution and not other agendas. Also he is equally adept at borrower or lender side representation.'
'Aymen Mahmoud is very pragmatic and solutions driven.'
'Mark Fine is a highly committed individual who provides commercial and pragmatic advice.'
'Mark Fine and Giulia Venanzoni both have a deep understanding of leveraged finance and great strategic insights and have worked hard to navigate complex financial structures and negotiate favourable terms for us.'

Key clients

Arcmont Asset Management
European Depositary Bank S.A.
Golub Capital LLC
H2 Equity Partners
Kantar XTEL
Insight Partners
Kpler
Kapal Group
OEG Offshore Group Limited
Five Arrows Growth Capital
SilverTree Equity Partners LLP
Treo Asset Management

Work highlights

Representing Arcmont Asset Management as additional senior lender on its provision of $75m for acquisition purposes, including the day-one acquisition of the NuChem group for $60m.
Advising H2 Equity Partner in relation to the financing for the acquisition of William Hackett Holdings Ltd provided by Clydesdale Bank plc.

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