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Paul Denham

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Paul Denham advises clients on a wide range of leveraged finance, general banking, insolvency, and restructuring matters. Paul acts for senior and mezzanine lenders, credit funds, borrowers, and private equity sponsors on acquisition financings and secured lending transactions. He regularly assists on structuring and negotiating UK domestic and cross-border finance transactions involving companies and institutions in Europe, Asia, and North America across a variety of industry groups and in emerging markets. Paul also has experience advising companies and creditors on liquidations (including CVLs and MVLs), administrations, and pre-pack administrations.

  • Advising Black Diamond Capital as sponsor on the acquisition financing for the repurchase of shares in the Polynt-Reichhold group. The financing consisted of approximately €1.3bn of senior secured and unsecured facilities
  • Advising MSP Sports Capital on the financing for the acquisition of a significant minority shareholding in McLaren Racing
  • Advising OpenGate Capital as sponsor on the leveraged financing for the acquisition of the ScioTeq and Treality Simulation Visual Systems
  • Advising Selina Holdings on financing aspects for its proposed floatation via a SPAC
  • Advising a UK corporate on the secured financing and refinancing for river moorings and houseboats
  • Advising various international sponsors on UK financing aspects of primary and bolt on acquisitions
  • Advising a credit fund on its secured acquisition finance facility to a UK based education provider
  • Advising a credit fund on the restructuring and enforcement of its senior debt in relation to a food supply business
  • Advising the sponsor on the secured facility made available to a European football club
  • Advising two separate UK and international law firms on secured facilities provided by litigation funders
  • Advising a UK plc on its debt restructuring and sale of mining assets, including providing insolvency advice and advising on the appointment of administrators
  • Advising investors in relation to various private placement transactions
  • Advising a US travel group on the acquisition financing for its acquisition of a UK travel target
  • Advising a global engineering, repair, and logistics company on a $240 million syndicated secured term loan and revolving credit facility
  • Advising a lender on the financing and refinancing of a $1 billion secured syndicated facility
  • Advising a telecoms borrower on a $500 million revolving credit facility arranged by a syndicate of European banks
  • Advising the issuer on the restructuring and new issuance in relation to a $500 million bond issue
  • Nottingham Law School, 2001, Legal Practice Course
  • University of Melbourne, Australia, 2000, Post Graduate Diploma
  • University of Hull, England, 1998, LL.B.
  • England & Wales (Solicitor)

Recommended, Industry Focus: Emerging Markets, The Legal 500 UK (2022)

Recommended, Finance: Emerging Markets, The Legal 500 UK (2016–2020)

Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2021–2023)

Recognized, Excellence in Domestic Divestitures - UK, Corporate Livewire's International M&A awards (2016)

Named Finance Team of the Year 2012 by Legal Business

Named Leveraged Finance Deal of the Year 2012 by Euroweek

Member, Law Society of England and Wales