Working 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.

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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

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Edward Aldred, Sui-Jim Ho

Other key lawyers

Polina Lyadnova, Carlo de Vito Piscicelli