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Our Leveraged Finance practice brings together more than 100 lawyers in offices across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Our highly integrated team includes dedicated bank finance and private credit & direct lending practitioners, with proven track records across the capital structure and industries, ranging from bilateral or single-lender deals to broadly syndicated, multi-tranche and multicurrency deals. We focus on our clients’ most complex challenges, bringing our deep industry knowledge and experience to execute on high-value financing transactions and in developing new financial products for the market. Our depth and diversity of talent creates a unique ability to advise clients in the various dynamics of financing transactions ranging from early-stage venture capital and private equity backed investments to navigating the turbulent headwinds of distressed situations. 

With lawyers in global financial centers, including New York, London, Paris and Singapore, we bring a commercial understanding of domestic and international financing markets to provide targeted advice across offices in an efficient and commercially savvy manner. Our experience includes representing traditional and non-traditional lenders, private credit and debt funds, arrangers, investors, funds, borrowers, issuers, underwriters and sponsors across the full range of complex financings. In all transactions, the team combines both borrower and lender expertise to provide ambidextrous representation. We empower our clients in the market by driving peer-to-peer engagement and discourse.

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Insights

Article · Source: Business Law Today

March 17, 2025
Accounting Firm LBOs: Financing Considerations for Lenders

Article · Source: Loan Market Association

March 13, 2025
Greenwashing: Understanding and navigating the impacts for the loan market

Article · Source: Global Legal Insights

January 27, 2025
GLI Fund Finance, Ninth Edition: England & Wales Chapter

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Ranked in Banking & Finance (Nationwide, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina)


Chambers USA 2024

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Recognition

Ranked in Banking & Finance (Nationwide, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina)


Chambers USA 2024

Ranked in Banking & Finance (USA, Singapore, Saudi Arabia)


Chambers Global 2025

Ranked in Banking and Finance (Lender) in the U.K.


Chambers UK 2024

Ranked in International Banking & Finance in Singapore


Chambers UK 2024

Ranked in International Banking & Finance in Singapore


Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

Ranked in Private Credit (Nationwide)


Chambers USA 2024

Best Client-Law Firm Team - Blackstone


The American Lawyer Industry Awards 2023

Recognized in six countries for Banking, including in the U.S., U.K., UAE, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Germany


IFLR 1000

Ranked in Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers & Advice to Lenders


Legal 500 USA 2023

Ranked in Acquisition Finance in London


Legal 500 UK 2024

Ranked in Banking & Finance (France, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)


Legal 500 EMEA 2024

“The entire team works extremely hard and is very responsive to requests for guidance. The team worked under extremely difficult time schedules and delivered an excellent service.”


Chambers USA 2024

“Excellent professionals, great quality of advice and pragmatic approach. Always available and have broad-ranging international experience.”


Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024

News

In the News · Source: Legalcommunity MENA, Law.com International and Global Legal Chronicle

February 19, 2025
K&S advises ACWA Power on its acquisition of assets worth $693M from French utility developer ENGIE

In the News · Source: Law.com International, The Global Legal Post, The Lawyer, Solicitors Journal and Energy Voice

February 13, 2025
Energy and project finance partners Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick join the firm’s Corporate practice group in London

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