

Leveraged Finance
We are at the sharp end of market developments
Our team of German, English and New York law qualified debt finance lawyers is at the sharp end of market developments.
Close co-operation within our corporate and tax practice gives us competitive edge when structuring transactions and our strength has been cited on a number of occasions, giving clients further confidence in our capabilities.
Our focus
Our sector knowledge and understanding of clients’ business strategies enable us to get to the heart of the rationale for every debt package we advise on. Lenders and sponsors/borrowers need to structure deals to suit market conditions and our lawyers are well versed in all forms of leveraged financing.
Our international network allows us to build a multi-jurisdictional leveraged debt team with an extensive European and U.S. capital markets capability. We have experts in all major jurisdictions and offer specialised high yield advice - a key service for those wishing to exploit new market opportunities.
Consequently, we provide clients with a full service: senior, second-lien, mezzanine and payment-in-kind (PIK) debt, bridge-to-bond financings, bank/bond financings, high-yield debt offerings, securitisation take-outs and debt buy-backs and restructurings.
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News and insights

News: 25 January 2023
Allen & Overy is growing its Banking & Finance practice with the hire of new partner, restructuring expert Dr Josef Parzinger who is expected to join the firm’s Munich office on 28 January 2023.

News: 18 November 2022
Allen & Overy has advised Avenga Group (“Avenga”) on the financing of the acquisition of Argentina-based IT company IncluIT.

News: 11 November 2022
Allen & Overy advises bank syndicate of successful GIP and KKR led consortium for Vantage Towers
Allen & Overy has advised a syndicate of banks in connection with the proposed acquisition of a stake in Vantage Towers AG, a leading telecoms tower company in Europe, from Vodafone GmbH (“Vodafone”)…