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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

2001年 Nottingham Law School (Legal Practice Course)
2000年 University of Melbourne, Australia (Post Graduate Diploma)
1998年 University of Hull, England (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