Linklaters has a broad banking practice at the top of the market with leading relationships with all major banks and corporates in the syndicated loan market.
With over 70 partners worldwide and a broad mix of lender and corporate clients, Linklaters banking practice is at the forefront of developments and recent trends in the loan markets.
We rank in the top tiers of the legal directories in many of the world’s most important jurisdictions. Our ability to draw on our equally top-ranked capital markets, M&A and commercial practices means we offer our clients a critical competitive advantage for event driven and multi tiered financings.
Our banking practice brings together leading specialists with experience of advising on a wide range of the most complex and high profile transactions of recent times, including event driven financings, bridges to bond and equity take-outs, structured financings, revolving credits and amendments and waivers through to full restructurings.
Linklaters’ experts have been involved in the development of standard market documentation by the Loan Markets Association and are constantly at the forefront of developments in this area.
Recent experience includes:
- France Telecom - advised France Telecom on its €6 billion syndicated facility
- Rio Tinto - advised Rio Tinto on its US$6 billion revolving credit facility
- Vodafone - advised Vodafone on its US$4 billion revolving credit facility
- TataCorus - advised the lenders on a €4.6 billion senior term and revolving facilities for TataCorus Group (one of the largest corporate crossover deals in the European market in 2010
- Glencore International - advised the borrowers on a US$10.2 billion revolving credit facility for Glencore International
- AXA UK Life - advised the lenders on the £2 billion debt and equity financing of Resolution’s acquisition of AXA’s UK Life business
- Vattenfall AB - advise the lenders on a €2.5 billion facility agreement for Vattenfall AB
- ArcelorMittal – advised the lenders on a US$4 billion revolving credit facility for ArcelorMittal
- Glencore - advised Glencore International AG on its US$10.22 billion revolving credit facilities
- OMV Finance Limited - advised the lenders and agent on the €1.5 billion multicurrency revolving facility agreement for OMV Finance Limited
