Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

With ‘great technical insight’ developed over many years at the pinnacle of the leveraged finance market, Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP offers a ’highly commercial and flexible’ service for financial sponsors and lenders seeking or providing finance to facilitate M&A mandates. The firm’s proficiency at structuring deals utilising products including bank and high-yield debt, syndicated TLB and private credit funded debt enables it to provide a ‘very holistic view’, affording it the flexibility to quickly adapt to wider market conditions. Tom Richards is one of the principal architects of the firm’s flourishing funds offering, and maintains a vibrant practice for heavyweight sponsors on their European leveraged finance activity (including public to privates), as well as on refinancing activity for existing portfolio clients. For creditor work, Alastair McVeigh provides ’very pragmatic and client-centric advice’ to both banks and credit funds, with McVeigh offering particular credibility for a high-profile banking client, having previously spent time on the execution desks of both their leveraged finance and private credit groups. Paul Stewart is also a key member of the team, providing guidance to banks and credit funds on a comprehensive array of leveraged finance loan products within both syndicated and private debt markets. Chris McLaughlin co-heads the team alongside Richards. Infrastructure finance specialist Paul Hibbert departed for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Reena Gogna left the firm in August 2024.