Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

With a UK law loans team mirroring the calibre of its New York law high-yield offering following a series of high-profile hires in 2023 and most recently in May 2025 after Chris Medley and Rohan Saha joined from Linklaters, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP now has the strength-in-depth and critical mass to handle a range of lender side mandates. As well as advising on the debt packages to facilitate a number of sponsor-backed deals for both investment banks and credit funds, the team, under the guidance of the vastly experienced Korey Fevzi, has also been lender counsel for a number of US corporates acquiring UK-listed companies – including for the underwriters/arrangers on American Axle’s $4.6bn financing package for the takeover of Dowlais Group plc. Philip Stopford led on the aforementioned deal and is a key contact within the team that also includes Jackson Lam, who has good connections among banks and credit funds, and Chantelle Dovey, who provides support in pan-European cross-border financings.