Our recent highlights
advising as senior lender alongside Precis Capital Partners and Carlyle Group on a £310m development financing for Embassy Boulevard in the Nine Elms district in London.
advising on the Arcadia administration and ultimately advising on the appointment of KPMG as administrators to the property vehicle owning 314 Oxford Street, London (the Topshop Flagship).
advising in respect of Blackstone's £969m offer for the FTSE 250-listed GCP Student Living (which has subsequently been spun off into Blackstone’s UK student housing platform, iQ).
advising as arranger and CBRE Loan Services Limited as the agent and security agent in relation to the provision of loan financing of £353m to entities ultimately owned by Zeno Capital Limited in order to refinance existing indebtedness secured against Riverbank House, London and Sainsbury's Supermarket, Croydon.
advising as arranger and CBRE Loan Services Limited as the agent and security agent in relation to the provision of loan financing of £303.6m in order to finance the acquisition of One New Ludgate in London.
The multi-disciplinary approach and global reach of Linklaters' Asset Finance practice offer major asset finance industry participants a critical competitive advantage.
Linklaters has a broad banking practice at the top of the market with leading relationships with all major banks and corporates in the syndicated loan market.
Advising global banks and other financial institutions on financial structuring transactions, including providing prudential regulatory expertise.
Linklater’s high yield group is fully integrated into the firm’s banking and private equity practices and comprises highly regarded lawyers with leading high yield and restructuring expertise.
Linklaters' global real estate finance team combines the experience of the firm's pre-eminent finance, real estate and tax practices.
Linklaters' global restructuring and insolvency lawyers handle the world's most challenging and significant domestic and cross-border assignments.
Trade finance transactions demand a combination of legal expertise and commercial awareness across a wide range of demanding jurisdictions.
We have acted on nearly every high profile European margin loan in the last five years and we are the pre-eminent creditor-facing margin lending team in Europe. Margin loans were traditionally used by institutions to monetise long term holdings in equities. They have now become an essential part of the capital structure for a financial sponsor where they are buying or holding listed shares.
Banking litigation lawyers at Linklaters have advised leading investment banks and other financial institutions on some of largest and most complex recent financial disputes.