Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Client SatisfactionWorking alone as well as often alongside practitioners in key firmwide international offices, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's fluid partner-led London banking and finance offering, which is overseen by Edward Aldred and Jim Ho, is well-positioned to advise its borrower-focused client base across a variety of financing transactions. Work ranges from syndicated lending to high-yield financing, and from pre-export financing to recapitalisations. Many of the borrowers are investment-grade quality, including a number of sovereign governments, with the team increasingly active in relation to sustainability-linked financings. Reflective of the firm's generalist ethos, Polina Lyadnova is well-versed at handling both new money and distressed/restructuring matters, where she draws upon deep knowledge of debt products throughout the capital structure, particularly for emerging markets matters.
Key clients
- Brookfield
- Cognita
- Belron
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Warburg Pincus
- OpenText
- Tempur Sealy
- ArcelorMittal
- FEMSA
- ACG Acquisition Company Limited (“ACG”)
Work highlights
- Advising Brookfield and HomeServe EMEA in the raising of £325m and €460m term debt facilities and a £150m RCF in order to fully refinance its existing sterling and euro loans under a senior bridge facility.
- Advising Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and HomeServe USA in the raising of a $1.05bn first lien TLB and $150m RCF in order to fully refinance its existing USD loans under a senior bridge facility.
- Advising Cognita Schools on the raising of a €1.15bn first lien cov-lite Term Loan B and revolving credit facility.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Edward Aldred, Sui-Jim Ho