Recently enhanced by the arrival of market-leading leveraged finance lawyer Luke McDougall from Paul Hastings LLP in May 2024, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has greater resources with which to service its strong roster of lender and borrower clients. McDougall is particularly adept at handling big-ticket bank and bond deals for investment banks, enhancing and adding further synergies to a lean team that is already well-versed at handling large transatlantic deals deploying New York and London law financing techniques. Team head Nick Benham has a strong reputation for lenders (banks and credit funds) and also has niche expertise in handling public bid finance, where he often works alongside the firm’s strong M&A team.
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Clients clés
- Natura &Co
- Ford Bank
- Visa
- PT Freeport Indonesia
- Cornell Capital
- Goldman Sachs
- Lightyear Capital
- Wren Sterling
- Photon Interactive UK
- Comcast
Points forts
- Advised the initial lenders on the $28.5bn financing for Amgen’s takeover of Horizon Therapeutics.
- Advised the private credit lenders on the $5.32bn refinancing of Finastra Group.
- Advised the private credit lenders on a $461m financing for Providence/Searchlight’s acquisition of Hyve Group.
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Responsable de la pratique
Nick Benham
Autres avocats clés
Luke McDougall; Aaron Ferner