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Acquisition finance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

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With ‘a great work ethic’, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP provides an ’exceptional service’, frequently working alongside its corporate and private equity practices, on behalf of a debtor-focused client base that includes both corporates and sponsors. ‘Very commercial’ team head Pete Coulton ‘fights for what matters’ for his clients and is a popular choice on large cross-border leveraged and event-driven financings, often involving complex financing structures. Clive Wells handles some investment grade acquisition financing mandates as part of his wide-ranging finance practice.

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  • ‘The team has a great work ethic, team spirt, knowledge of the sector and are strong negotiators.’

  • ‘Pete Coulton is a smart guy who fights for what matters and is very commercial.’

  • ‘Pete Coulton and Zoe Cooper Sutton are both exceptional, they have a mastery of the product and how to apply it to an unusual asset class like data centers across various geographies.’

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Key clients

  • Harng Central Department Stores
  • Outokumpu Oyj
  • UCB S.A.
  • JDE Peet’s N.V.
  • Continental Grain Company and Agroberries
  • SIGNA Group
  • United Talent Agency
  • Waldencast Acquisition Corp
  • SP Plus Corporation
  • Shareholders of MiQ
  • Ashtead Group plc
  • MJ Gleeson plc
  • Adevinta ASA
  • Iceland Foods plc
  • Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A.
  • Silver Lake Partners
  • IPI Partners
  • Castik Capital
  • JAB Holdings B.V.
  • Energy Infrastructure Partners AG
  • SIGNA Holding GmbH
  • Crosstree Real Estate Partners LLP
  • H.I.G. Capital
  • CTH Invest S.A. (Ferrero family office)
  • Black Diamond Capital Management
  • DigitalBridge, formerly Colony Capital
  • Parkview
  • Fortress

Work highlights

  • Advised Harng Central Department Stores on the financing of its £4bn acquisition of Selfridges & Co. Limited from the Weston Family.
  • Advised Outokumpu Oyj on its €700m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility.
  • Advised Silver Lake on its €380m Term Loan B and revolving credit facilities in connection with its acquisition of Grupo BC de Asesoría Hipotecaria.

Lawyers

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Sebastian FitzGerald

Sebastian FitzGerald

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Seb FitzGerald is a partner in Willkie’s Corporate & Financial Services Department and Finance Department in London. He has extensive experience in complex cross-border financings across a variety of sectors and credit products, focusing on leveraged buyouts, direct lending, restructurings and special situations investing. He has acted for a number of leading private equity sponsors and financial investors, corporates and creditors in the US and European financing markets including Cinven, CVC, Advent, BC Partners, Blackstone, TPG, Montagu, KKR, PAI Partners, Eurazeo, Silver Lake, Insight Partners and Goldman Sachs.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Pete Coulton

Other key lawyers

Clive Wells, Rui (Sese) Qi, Brendan Macreadie, Sebastian FitzGerald

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