Ian is one of the most experienced advisers on cross border lending transactions, including acquisition finance, bid financing and structured real estate financing. He is recommended in Chambers and Legal 500, as "fantastic", "experienced and technically strong" and "an excellent banking and finance lawyer”.
Ian’s practice includes the full range of debt products including unitranche financing, capital markets bridge facilities, supersenior facilities, junior debt, restructuring and secondary portfolio transactions.
Recent transactions
Acquisition Finance (lender)
• Barings facility for Biocomposites
• Hayfin financings for Novus Leisure and Sunseeker
• Macquarie Bank £40 million senior and £20 million junior loan to Towry (Palomon)
• Metric Capital debt and equity investment in Signalhorn
• RBS on its a loan to Hawthorn Leisure (Avenue Capital)
Acquisition Finance and high yield (borrower)
• Argand financings for Brintons Carpets and OASE
• Lion Capital financing for Picard Surgelés (€950 million), All Saints, ghd, and Alain Affleleu
• Bowmark financing for their investments in Node4 and Leaders Lettings
• Inflexion financing for its investments in Bedell and Succession
Corporate Lending
• The AA c. £1 billion structured refinancing
• Hiscox $825 million Letter of Credit and working capital financing
• ISS Shipping $150 million syndicated financing
Other
• VISA in connection with various guarantee issues
• ICG, Lloyds Bank, Hayfin and others on significant secondary portfolio transactions
• Venn Capital and Ekistics on real estate financing, including hotel development financing
• Lenders, borrowers and sponsors on restructuring transactions, including Hayfin, Parabis, Multi Development, British Land and Lion Capital