With a stronghold in the borrower side, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s leveraged finance practice is a popular choice among private equity firms, investment firms and corporate borrowers. Its work includes a range of debt financing matters, including syndicated and private credit financings, as well as recapitalizations and incremental debt raises. The New York-based team has significant experience handling debt financings and borrower-side acquisition financings. The practice is jointly led by Allison Liff who bolsters the team’s sponsor-side capabilities in leveraged finance; Kyle Lakin who focuses his practice on corporate financing, leveraged financing and restructuring transactions.
Testimonials
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‘Thoughtful, thorough and timely advice provided on our transaction - Very commercial approach in advice given, with complicated stakeholder and counterparty dynamics - Pleasure to work with; incredibly hard working.’
‘Damian Ridealgh: thoughtful, thorough, commercial approach, hardworking and pleasure to work with / HT Flanagan: all characteristics described above - thoughtful, thorough, commercial approach, hard working and pleasure to work with’
‘They have recently hired and have proven time and time again that they have the level of depth, skill and experience to be able to contend with the most complex of matters in the most pressured situations and yet deliver fantastic results. ’
‘Damian Ridealgh and H.T. Flanagan are two partners who have been around the block countless times and really know their trade. Moreover, they are both very easy to work with, always available. All this, together with the fact that they can get to grips with incredibly difficult issues in very difficult and time-constrained circumstances, means that they can produce terrific outcomes regardless of the situation. ’
‘Know how, availability, experience’
‘Solid, knowledgeable, available’
Key clients
- CVC Capital Partners and various of its portfolio companies, including Ontic and Webpros
- Sonoco Products Company
- PhenomeX
- TriNet Group, Inc.
- Barclays
- Vesta Corporation
- Coupa Software Incorporated
- The committee of independent directors of the board of Qualtrics
- Schenk Process Group / Blackstone
- Vitruvian
- An ad hoc group of private credit funds led by Angelo Gordon, Cross Ocean Partners, Davidson Kempner and Hayfin Capital Management
- Sixth Street Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Allison Liff, Kyle Lakin, Damian Ridealgh