Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP
Often working alongside its corporate team, and in collaboration with the firm's Paris and Frankfurt offices, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP‘s debt finance practice continues to gain traction among private equity sponsors/portfolio companies, which appreciate the firm’s deep knowledge of financing structures throughout the capital structure, as well as its ability to draw on its strong international resources. In addition to private equity work Ashley Young also handles some lender mandates for credit funds and heads a team that was afforded further bench strength following the arrival of leveraged finance expert Daniel Gendron from Linklaters LLP in August 2022.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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- 'Very responsive with good, clear and commercial advice.'
- 'Komal Raina and Ashley Young are very high quality lawyers'
Key clients
- CVC Capital Partners
- Searchlight Capital Partners
- Insight Partners
- PAI Partners
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Freshstream Investment Partners
- Genstar / Apex
- SGT Capital
- Stanley Capital Partners
- Fidelis
Work highlights
- Represented Searchlight Capital Partners on the sale of Global Risk Partners to Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc.
- Advised STARK Group, a portfolio company of CVC, on its acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution.
- Advised Platinum Equity on the financing of its acquisition of Imerys High Temperature Solutions Business.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ashley Young