Profession
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Experience
Gideon was elected as the Global Head of the Banking practice in 2011. He was previously the co-head of Linklaters leveraged finance practice. He has extensive knowledge of acquisition finance and corporate lending.
His recent experience includes acting for:
- Arcus European Infrastructure on its recommended P2P cash offer for Forth Ports PLC
- the senior lenders, (a Nordic bank club) on the financing of EQT V’s SEK 12bn acquisition of the Dometic Group
- the lenders on the €655m senior facility for the acquisition of Capio Sanidad by CVC Capital Partners
- the senior bank arrangers on £450m senior facilities provided to the UK motorway services group Moto, as part of a bank/bond refinancing
- the mandated lead arrangers and underwriters in connection with the LBO of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s central and eastern European operations by CVC Capital Partners
- Lloyds Banking Group on the £975m LBO of Marken by Apax Partners
- the senior lenders on the restructuring of the Swedish headquartered Thule Group
Professional experience
2011 to date Global Head of Banking, Linklaters
1999 - Partner, Linklaters London
1995 - 1999 Partner, Dibb Lupton Alsop
1987 - 1995 Clifford Chance
Education
1990 - University of London, LLM
1981 - 1984 University of London, LL.B.
