Bird & Bird LLP

Bird & Bird LLP regularly handles syndicated lending work and investment-grade financings for banks and borrowers, adding particular value in areas of firmwide sector expertise. The sports industry remains a fertile source of instructions, with Claire Barker excelling in handling creditor and debtor work relating to, inter alia, stadium financings, player transfer and media rights financings. The firm also remains very active on lender-focused emerging markets transactions, where Andrew Hallgarth has longstanding relationships with development finance institutions, in particular. Team head Joss Hargrave is well-versed in handling new money mandates, including within the sports sector, as well as providing expertise to stakeholders in relation to distressed financings.