Clients highlight Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s finance team as a ’top-market private equity finance practice’. Maintaining its stronghold in the borrower space, the team regularly handles syndicated bank loans, high-yield debt offerings, second lien financings and mezzanine capital investments. The New York-based team is led by practice head Jeffrey Ross who is adept at advising on major acquisition and leveraged financings, including Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia. The team is ably supported by ‘stand-out partners’ Ryan Rafferty and Scott Selinger who are both experienced in syndicated bank loan and high-yield bond transactions. Ramya Tiller is also highlighted as a key member of the practice, handling a broad range of acquisition transactions, including fund finance and alternative capital transactions.

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Testimonials

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‘The team has good knowledge of the practice area, coordinates well with other practice areas, is always available on short notice, and is proactively thinking about how issues will impact us and our facts.’
‘Working with Jeff Ross the last 6+ years has been great. He has been a true "partner" with us in navigating issues to resolution and solving them before they get out of hand. Jeff has managed the minor transitions on the team over that period well and keep them up to speed and on task. He is very helpful in understanding issues and is able to explain to decision makers who are less experienced in the technical aspects effectively.’
‘The Debevoise team is thoughtful, creative and commercial. They are smart, market savvy and intellectually flexible. They have a top-market private equity finance practice.’
‘Jeff Ross, Scott Selinger, Ryan Rafferty and Brett Novick are stand-out partners. Ramya Tiller and Sunil Savkar are also excellent to work with.’

Key clients

Aludyne
Astra Capital Management
Blackstone Group
Booz Allen Hamilton
BrandSafway
Caresteam
Carlyle Group
Cerberus Capital Management
Citrix
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Cloudera
Cornerstone Building Brands
CPPIB
Crescent Capital Group
Cyanco
EMTEC
Evergreen Coast Capital Corp.
Five Arrows
Focus Financial
Gentiva
Gogo
HarbourVest
Indicor
Inovar Packaging Group
Kelso & Company
KKR
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Providence Equity
Pursuit Aerospace
Savant Capital
Stone Point Capital
Syniverse Holdings
TPG
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Music Group
White Cap Supply

Work highlights

Acted as sponsor counsel on the take private of Morrisons, the supermarket chain in the UK and advised Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) on the financing aspects of its £7bn recommended cash offer for Morrisons.
Advised TPG (NASDAQ: TPG) in its acquisition, alongside AmeriSourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC), of OneOncology from General Atlantic.
Advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Stone Point Capital in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS) at an enterprise value of approximately $7bn.