Credit Funds

We are at the forefront of the credit funds industry. We assist both open and closed-ended credit funds at all stages of their life cycle.

Some of our clients include: Alcentra, Hayfin Capital Management, Ares, Cross Ocean, Warwick Capital, Beechbrook Capital, Muzinich & Co and Alchemy Special Opportunities.

We can help clients with:

  • fund formation; 
  • both the financing requirements of the credit fund and implementing any direct lending strategies the fund may have, including;
    • debt portfolio sales and acquisitions;
    • debt and claims trading;
    • fund finance and leverage facilities; and
    • CLOs/CDOs and structured finance;
  • distressed corporate/M&A, debt capital markets and debt trading/portfolio acquisition teams;
  • financial services regulation;
  • corporate transactions; and
  • team moves and other employment issues.

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Damien Crossley

 Partner
+44 (0)20 7849 2728 Email Damien

Andrew Perkins

 Partner
+44 (0)20 7849 2725 Email Andrew

Stephen Ross

 Partner
+44 (0)20 7849 2305 Email Stephen

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Private credit continuation funds: a developing frontier for secondary transactions?

Andrew Perkins, Jamie Macpherson 29 Dec 2023
In this article, the authors consider the use of continuation funds in private credit by comparing and contrasting their adoption with increasingly popular private equity...
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Reflections from SuperReturn North America

Margarida Ferreira , Sandy Kaur 23 Nov 2023
Earlier this month, Margarida Ferreira and Sandy Kaur attended the SuperReturn North America and Private Credit US 2023 conference. In this summary, they share their insights on...
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Alternatives to raising private debt hurdles - part two

Margarida Ferreira , Sandy Kaur 26 Sep 2023
This year we have witnessed a significant rise in interest rates to levels not seen since 2009. In turn, the appropriateness of current private debt hurdle rates is under question...
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What people are saying

"They are collaborative and are solid across all investment strategies, and particularly credit. What’s more, they have the backing of solid teams in other areas (tax, derivatives etc) to support their practice. They stand out as being a very bright bunch in the market and a really nice team."

The Legal 500 2023