Advising across a range of a mainstream and alternative asset classes and on the full lifecycle of funds, with the use of AI, the ‘highly knowledgeable and experienced’ team at Macfarlanes LLP regularly advises on investor call bridge facilities, NAV facilities, GP support facilities, equity bridge facilities and equity commitment finance structures. The team is jointly headed up by the ’top-notch players’ Andrew Perkins, whose focus lies in fund and leverage finance from the lender perspective and Richard Fletcher, who also leads the structured finance and securitisation practice and excels in the structuring of debt finance into a range of investment funds.

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‘Macfarlanes has only of the best fund finance team in UK. The practice has exceptional knowledge of the market, and their fund finance expertise is impressive.’
‘Richard Fletcher and Andrew Perkins are top-notch partners focusing on fund finance deals.’
‘They are highly knowledgeable and experienced. The team provide creative solutions to problems and very high quality work.’
'Super responsive and helpful in the fund financing work. The team have good depth and knowledge in areas that were of importance to our funds. The partner knowledge is very strong and this is a well managed and good team that is performing well.'

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NatWest Markets PLC (as Agent for the Secured Parties)
Pearl Brook Holdings Limited (“PBHL”), owned by Al Zamil Group.
Montagu Private Equity LLP

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Richard Fletcher

Macfarlanes LLP

Richard advises financial institutions and corporates on a range of financing matters. He focuses on fund finance, speciality finance and structured finance including the structured finance and debt capital markets aspects of project finance, infrastructure finance and restructurings. His work includes advising on: leverage facilities and investor call bridge facilities; receivables financing, asset based lending and speciality finance; structured financings and structured products; RMBS, CMBS, CLOs / CDOs and whole business securitisations; debt capital markets issues, including bonds, MTNs, high yield bonds, convertibles and exchangeables; project bonds and infrastructure financings; and refinancings and restructurings.

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Andrew Perkins, Richard Fletcher

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