Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's broad-based finance offering is well-placed to advise the firm's debtor-centric client base, which includes FTSE 100/250 clients and large international corporates, across a broad spectrum of their ongoing financing needs. The scope of this work runs the gamut from relatively commoditised working capital facilities and refinancing requirements, through to more bespoke structured mandates involving often complex inter-creditor arrangements. As well as regularly advising on corporate debt and the financing arrangements pursuant to corporate-led M&A (include public bid financings), team head Kristen Roberts also maintains excellent ties with the treasury teams across many FTSE companies, which are appreciative not only of his transactional expertise but also his guidance on general trends in the market. As well as her work on leveraged/acquisition finance mandates, US-qualified partner Gabrielle Wong is also frequently a valuable source to corporates (including within the music sector) tapping into the US TLB and New York-law governed high yield debt for general debt finance purposes. The firm is also skilled at handling emerging markets financings for borrowers and lenders, with both Martin Kavanagh and William Breeze particularly adept at handling multi-source financings.