Linklaters

Linklaters has appointed Gideon Moore as its new global head of banking. The appointment starts on 1 September 2011.

Gideon, a partner at Linklaters since 1999, is recognised as one of the UK's leading banking lawyers. He co-heads the firm's leveraged finance practice and has extensive knowledge of acquisition finance and corporate lending. Key transactions he has worked on this year include advising Arcus European Infrastructure on its recommended P2P cash offer for Forth Ports PLC, advising the senior lenders (a Nordic bank club) on the financing of EQT V’s SEK 12bn acquisition of the Dometic Group, advising the lenders on the € 550m senior facility for the acquisition of R Cable Y  Telecomunicaciones Galicia, S.A.by CVC Capital Partners and advising the lenders on the €655m senior facility for the acquisition of Capio Sanidad by CVC Capital Partners.

Gideon takes over as global head of banking from Robert Elliott, following Robert's recent election as senior partner of the firm. Robert, one of the UK’s leading restructuring & insolvency lawyers, will succeed David Cheyne on completion of his five-year term as senior partner on 30 September 2011.

"Our international banking practice is uniquely well balanced between bank and borrower side work, developed off the back of strong relationships with our banking, private equity and corporate clients."

"We were one of the first law firms to reflect market developments by integrating our US high yield specialists into our banking practice, which we have continued to strengthen with the recent recruitment of US high yield and leveraged finance partner Mark Hageman and leveraged finance and restructuring partner Chris Howard.

"This fully integrated capability ensures that our leveraged finance team can deliver seamless and efficient execution of multi-tranche bank and bond capital structures at a time when the market is moving toward more malleable transaction structures involving loans, bonds or a combination of the two.

"It also ensures that our restructuring team can assist with the analysis of existing capital structures and facilitate new high yield issuance as part of the restructuring solution."