Mayer Brown International LLP

Generally eschewing the more commoditised domestic lower-to-mid market mandates in favour of complex highly structured mandates, Mayer Brown International LLP is particularly well-suited to advising on cross-border mandates, often involving complex inter-creditor arrangements. Many of these are US-originated deals, where the UK team, which is headed by Alex Dell, often works alongside lawyers in Chicago and New York, or handles European deals for US-owned lenders. The vastly experienced Simon Fisher is often at the forefront of these large syndicated cross-border and transatlantic transactions, and he excels at working in a collegial way with colleagues in Europe and the US. Ravi Amin is also 'superb' at handling receivables financing and ABL transactions, as is Dominic Griffiths, whose expertise on ABL and more broadly across trade receivables and structured finance is reflective of the firm’s nimble and agile approach to work in the space. The arrival of dual UK and US-qualified Victoria Thompson, who ‘knows her way around market documents in great depth’, in September 2023 from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP bolsters the team’s offering in the space for banks and private credit providers, both on new money deals and restructurings.