Leading Debtwire rankings for A&O’s European Leveraged Finance practice

• No.1 Western Europe Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel
• No.1 Western Europe Sponsor-Backed Borrower’s Legal Counsel
• No.1 Western Europe Sponsor-Backed Lead Bank's Legal Counsel
• No.1 Western Europe M&A Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel
• No.1 Western Europe Buyout Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel
• No.1 Western Europe Institutional Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel
• No.1 Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (France)
• No.1 Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (Benelux)

• No.2 Western Europe Lender’s Legal Counsel (High Yield)
• No.2 Western Europe Lender’s Legal Counsel (ex-Nordic) (High Yield)
• No.2 Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (UK & Ireland)
• No.2 Lead Bank’s Legal Counsel (Southern Europe)
• No.2 Lender’s Legal Counsel (DACH) (High Yield)
• No.2 Lender’s Legal Counsel (France) (High Yield)
• No.2 Lender’s Legal Counsel (Southern Europe) (High Yield)
• No.2 Lender’s Legal Counsel (Yankee) (High Yield)

• No.3 Western Europe Borrower’s Legal Counsel
• No.3 Western Europe Institutional Borrower’s Legal Counsel
• No.3 Western Europe Sponsor Backed Lender’s Legal Counsel (High Yield)
• No.3 Borrower’s Legal Counsel (France)

Co-Head of A&O’s leveraged finance practice, Nick Clark commented: “It’s fantastic to once again receive market  recognition of our leading leveraged finance practice. It’s been an exciting year during which we added expertise in London with the appointment of leveraged finance partners Annette Kurdian and Robert Burt, as well as promoting Adam Zecharia to partner and in Paris, Thomas Roy.”

Co-Head of the firm’s private equity sector, Robin Harvey commented: ““Our clients continue to benefit from our collaborative approach to client coverage through our integrated loan and high yield offering and our commitment to excellent deal execution. The quality and depth of our experience across the capital structure and sources of capital, is again demonstrated by these results.”

High yield partner Matthias Baudisch added: “We are really proud of this achievement and our team which continues to deliver for our clients. On top of bolstering our leveraged finance capabilities on the loans side, we were pleased to further strengthen our high yield offering with the appointment of Brad Weyland as a partner in our London office last year, increasing our depth and breadth of expertise throughout Europe.”