Practice areas

Our highly rated leveraged finance practice specialises in all aspects of financing domestic and cross-border leveraged buy-outs, corporate acquisitions and public takeovers.

We act for a broad range of international and local banks, financial institutions and investment funds in their capacities as arrangers, lenders, agents, trustees and investors in leveraged finance transactions.  We also advise private equity funds, corporate borrowers and corporate issuers on all aspects of leveraged finance transactions.

Our balanced practice, advising all major stakeholders in leveraged transactions, is only matched by a handful of other firms, ensuring that our lawyers have a unique insight into all perspectives of leveraged finance transactions.

The breadth of our experience, which includes advising investment funds on debt investments in the primary and secondary debt and bond markets, ensures we are involved in many of the market leading transactions and that our clients can benefit from our exceptional market knowledge.

Macfarlanes' position at the forefront of the leveraged buy-out market was confirmed in 2008 with the publication of Tottel's long awaited guide to Acquisition Finance.  The guide was written by Tom Speechley (a former partner) in association with our banking and finance group and has received notable acclaim as a practical guide for lawyers, bankers and professionals on the fundamentals of acquisition finance.

On every transaction our leveraged finance lawyers are complemented by specialist lawyers in all areas necessary to advise on the most complex leveraged financing transactions, notably lawyers with particular expertise in private equity, M&A, investment funds, tax, real estate, pensions, environmental,  intellectual property and restructuring.