Slaughter and May

Acquisition finance forms a key part of Slaughter and May’s generalist finance offering which is squarely focused on servicing a blue riband array of leading FTSE corporates, as well as some financial sponsors. Consequently, the team is able to provide a very flexible approach, whether it be accessing liquidity in the TLB syndicated market, through the use of unitranche facilities or the bond markets. “Certain funds” public bid finance work is also a core strength, be it on behalf of both corporate and fund bidders. Banking head Ed Fife is key to the firm’s success on Takeover Code matters, work which he combines with corporate lending/acquisition skills as well as some bank-side mandates.