Acts for financial institutions, private funds and corporates on a broad range of financing transactions with a focus on leveraged and acquisition finance.

Will has experience advising lenders, financial sponsors and corporate borrowers on a range of financing transactions including leveraged acquisition finance, cross-border financing, syndicated lending, litigation funding, fund financing, general corporate lending and restructurings.

Representative Work

Advised an ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders on the restructuring of the Noble Group, a global commodities trader.
Advised Vitol, a global commodity trading house, in relation to the $2.3 billion takeover of Vivo Energy.
Advised the Lenders in relation to the restructuring of a healthcare business.
Advising litigation funders on cross-border litigation funding transactions.
Advising financial institutions and investment funds on fund financing transactions.

Advised the arrangers in relation to the financing of Permira’s c.€1.3 billion acquisition of Golden Goose.*
Advised the lead arrangers on the financing aspects of United Group’s c.€1.3 billion acquisition of Vivacom.*
Advised a financial sponsor in relation to the refinancing of a U.K. health care business.*
Advised the lead arrangers on the financing of CVC and Blackstone’s c.£3 billion public-to-private takeover of Paysafe.*
Advised a financial sponsor in relation to a covenant-lite first lien and second lien financing.*

*Matters handled prior to joining Akin Gump.