Shoosmiths’ banking and finance team regularly advises on international transactions across a variety of sectors and industries.
We act for borrowers, lenders, investors and lending agents, allowing us to offer legal, commercial and practical insight to all parties on a financing. Our areas of focus include:
- Corporate lending
- Real estate finance
- Leveraged and acquisition finance
- Private equity backed investments
- Venture debt
- Asset based lending
- International banking and finance
Our team has significant experience on multi-jurisdictional financings.
Our experience and network of overseas firms offer our clients the best possible expertise in support of their international projects. Recent experience on cross-border financings includes advising:
- an English challenger bank on their multi-million-pound financing of a leading e-commerce marketing group, working alongside and managing local counsel in 10 jurisdictions in the process
- an Indonesian mobile service provider on its USD40m facilities from an international investment management firm
- a publicly listed defence business in respect of its £40m financing with a club of three banks (including an accordion option) to finance the acquisitions of Portuguese and German subsidiary companies
- advising British International Investments plc in relation to several cross-jurisdictional financings, often involving jurisdictions across Asia and Africa
- advising Five Arrows and Texthelp, the global leader in literacy and assistive technology, on the merger of Texthelp with n2y, a trailblazer in special education curriculum resources, which included (amongst other things) advising Texthelp in relation to the European security in relation to the multi-million global financing arrangement for the new international group - including England, Northern Ireland and Norway.
- advising the operator of a network of global learning businesses in relation to its multi-million refinancing with a UK clearing bank, involving England, US, Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain
We also have extensive experience acting as local counsel, including advising on security and finance documentation requirements in England & Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland where advice is required on transactions that are being managed in another jurisdiction. We work regularly and collaboratively with firms to deliver a seamless service to the end client.
