Samantha Hutchinson is a partner in Cadwalader's London office. She advises both financial institutions and private markets managers on the full range of fund finance products across all asset classes. Sam has advised on some of the largest subscription and leverage deals in the market, including a $2 billion secondary financing for a leading European secondary manager, a $1.5 billion hybrid umbrella facility and a €5 billion subscription line to a leading global primary fund. In the past 12 months, she has advised on more than 50 new fund financings exceeding £15 billion in value. Sam has been advising financial institutions and private markets managers for over 15 years, and her practice covers the full range of fund lending products, including subscription lines, primary and secondary leverage and liquidity lines, GP and executive financings and co-invest facilities delivered via a number of different structures including framework and umbrella facilities. She is admitted to practice in England and Wales.
England - London • Investment fund formation and management
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Described as ‘one of the best’ fund finance teams in the market, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP offers the full spectrum of fund finance products such as subscription credit facilities, NAV, hybrid and GP line facilities. Acting across private markets for banks and insurance companies, the team is headed up by ’one of the best-known fund finance lawyers,’ Samantha Hutchinson, whose client roster features financial institutions and private markets managers on a range of products across various asset classes, the ‘constructive and proactive’ Nathan Parker, who advises on a wide range of financing transactions, and Mathan Navaratnam, who is well-versed in advising on debt financing solutions and structures such as investment funds. Special counsel James Hoggett is also noted in the market and regularly assists lenders and GPs on a range of primary and secondary fund products.
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‘Cadwalader's fund finance team is one of the best in the London market. They are one of the key firms for lender side representations, and act for most of the lenders in the market. Their team is big, and they have a very large deal-flow. They are bigger than most in the market too. They also actively collaborate with others.’
‘Sam Hutchinson is the leader of the practice and is one of the best-known fund finance lawyers in the market generally. She is practical and commercial, and always willing to be available to discuss issues, taking a pragmatic view in the interests of the deal. She is the stand-out partner in the team and leads from the front. Nathan Parker is a good, upcoming partner, who is constructive and proactive.’
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Nathan Parker is a partner in the Finance Group in Cadwalader's London office. He has worked in the City for over a decade advising on a wide range of financing transactions. Nathan’s practice focuses on acting for financial institutions and private market managers across a full range of fund finance products, including subscription facilities, NAV and hybrid products and GP and co-invest facilities. His background and understanding of the market is extensive, having previously advised exclusively on financings outside of fund finance for private sponsors in their leveraged buyout and high yield offerings, as well as direct lenders in the special situations space. Nathan is admitted to practice in England and Wales.
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Samantha Hutchinson, Nathan Parker, Mathan Navaratnam