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UK Leveraged Finance Deal Update

June 2025
Region: Europe
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Our UK leveraged finance practice has been very active over the last twelve months and have advised our fantastic clients on a wide range of domestic and international financing mandates. A small selection of representative deals follows. With very high levels of liquidity available across the market and an ever-expanding pool of investors we look forward to continuing this momentum.

Please get in touch with any member of the team for more information on how we can support your financing plans.

  • Cerberus – Advised in various capacities in relation to Cerberus’ investment in the Outform Group.
  • Eurazeo Debt Capital – Advised in relation to financing by Eurazeo to support the buy-and-build strategy of The Compliance Group, a business backed by Ansor LLP.
  • Perwyn Private Equity – Advised Perwyn on financing in relation to its acquisition of the insurance tech business ATEC Group from Kester Capital.
  • Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) – Advised in relation to debt financing provided by Muzinich and Lloyds to fund LDC’s acquisition of the Bullen Healthcare Group.
  • Aurelius Group – Advised on the refinancing of Aurelius portfolio company FootAsylum, with facilities provided by HSBC.
  • Phoenix Private Equity – Advised Phoenix and its portfolio company Capital Economics on its refinancing by way of senior term debt provided by CORDET.
  • NorthEdge Capital LLP – Advised NorthEdge in support of its investment into the PebblePad group, an education technology business.
  • ECI Partners – Advised ECI in relation to unitranche/super senior RCF facilities to back its acquisition of the TAG Group, an aircraft leasing company, from Apiary Capital.
  • ECI Partners – Advised in relation to the acquisition financing provided by Bridgepoint Credit, to support ECI’s buyout of the digital news and intelligence platform Insurance Insider.
  • Moneypenny – Advised TDKP Group/Moneypenny, the UK’s leading outsourced customer experience provider, a portfolio company of ECI Partners, in connection with refinancing provided by Macquarie Capital.
  • Tresmares Capital – Advised Tresmares in respect of its financing of a PE investor’s portfolio company in the healthcare sector.
  • OakNorth Bank – Advised OakNorth in relation to facilities to support the acquisition of the Veracity Group, a leading supplier of technical connectivity products and software systems for the video surveillance market, by the Longacre Group.
  • Frontier Development Capital – Advised Frontier Development Capital in relation to its mezzanine facilities to support the acquisition by Summit Timber Holdings of Hawthorn Timber and on its follow-on facilities to support the acquisition of Cheshire Mouldings.
  • Viper Innovations – Advised Newco and Management in relation to the facilities from HSBC to support the VIMBO of Viper Innovations.
  • Virgin Money – Advised Virgin Money on its senior financing in support of Inflexion’s acquisition of Cutwel, one of the UK’s leading precision cutting tool suppliers.