Led by Emma Howdle-Fuller, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner‘s flexible and nimble commercial lending team has strong credentials among lenders and borrowers for its work across a broad range of secured and unsecured debt finance products. Derek Hrydziuszko is particularly effective at assisting corporates (including those of investment-grade quality) with their financing requirements, including for general corporate lending and acquisition finance transactions. Shanan Dunstan rounds out the team at a partner level, and as part of her broad finance offering regularly advises banks and borrowers on hybrid ABL/cash-flow structures.
Key clients
- Wells Fargo
- Scotiabank/The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Coöperatieve Rabobank
- Bank of China (London Branch)
- Factofrance
- The Norinchukin Bank
- Harlan Capital
- Kape Technologies
- Tesco plc
- The Arena Unit Trust
- Voneus Limited
- Long Harbour
- Romulus Holdings
- Playtech plc
- Aferian plc
- SIR
Work highlights
- Representing Wells Fargo in relation to its global channel financing facilities, which it provides to multinational technology companies such as Cisco Systems, Dell EMC, Dimension Data and TD SYNNEX throughout EMEA, APAC and North America.
- Represented Rabobank on its provision of a term facility to Agroberries, the global Chile-based berry growing and supply business, to fund general corporate purposes and finance organic and inorganic growth.
- Representing Barclays Bank on the amendment and restatement of a senior facilities agreement originally dated December 2020, with, among others, a confidential holding company of a casino as borrower.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Emma Howdle-Fuller