Banking & Finance: Sponsors
Europe Guide 2024 : UK
Band 4
Contact number
+44 20 7153 1229Chambers Review
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has a sophisticated offering boasting strong transatlantic and European capabilities. It is a go-to shop for private equity sponsors as well as their portfolios, often acting on acquisition financings. The team is able to advise across the space on matters ranging from recapitalisations to take-privates. The firm also has the wider ability to act for corporate borrowers and alternative lenders.
Ashley Young is a key contact.
Work Highlights
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised CVC portfolio company STARK Group on the financing for its acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Willkie houses a very good team that is very commercial, pragmatic and diligent and has expertise across all workstreams."
"Willkie did a great job guiding us from a legal perspective through complex deals."
"They demonstrated strong knowledge of what is 'market' and understood and flagged key commercial points."
"Willkie houses a very good team that is very commercial, pragmatic and diligent and has expertise across all workstreams."
"Willkie did a great job guiding us from a legal perspective through complex deals."
"They demonstrated strong knowledge of what is 'market' and understood and flagged key commercial points."