England - North West • Finance
DLA Piper
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The Manchester-based practice at DLA Piper, which is highly regarded for its capabilities in debt-related work on the borrower side in particular, is led by asset-based lending and real estate finance expert Joseph Frew; his expertise was recently utilised on the £37.5m ABL financing for Aurelius Investments to fund the acquisition of Footasylum from JD Sports Fashion. The ‘very experienced’ Matthew Christmas, who heads up the firm’s international leveraged finance practice, leads on many of the team’s most complex and high-value matters of this nature, for clients including Lloyds Banks and HSBC, as well as national and international private credit funds; legal director Charles Weems also has expertise in this area. Rebecca Williams is described as ’the market leader in block and complex transaction structures for senior lenders’, while legal director Alastair Carruthers has a focus on asset-based lending work. Alex Yeramian is an associate to watch.
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‘Joseph Frew has deep ABL knowledge and great availability whilst Alastair Carruthers is great at transactional management.’
‘The team are market leading experts in block discounting and structured finance. They have the ability to not only understand our market but the full mechanics, both legal and commercial, of our product. This allows DLA to offer us a slick service where they can keep us safe, but also structure the facility and security package in a way that is straightforward.’
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Key clients
- Tosca Debt Capital
- National Westminster Bank plc
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Work highlights
- Acting for Aurelius Investments Limited in respect of the asset-based lending financing arrangement to fund the acquisition of Footasylum from JD Sports Fashion Plc.
- Advised RBS Invoice Finance Limited with regards to the provision of a £135m asset-based financing facilities agreement in favour of the Thomas Plant Hire group of companies.
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