BLG's banking team have many years of experience of acquisition finance transactions and disputes, acting primarily for banks, but also representing other providers of finance as well as management teams.  This range of experience has given us a clear understanding of the key issues for each of these participants.

 

As a result, we are familiar with the difficulties of having to reconcile the often conflicting demands of senior and subordinated lenders, as well as those of equity finance providers, and the issues which can arise between them.  This understanding of the dynamics of an acquisition finance transaction means that we are able to work constructively with our clients in achieving a satisfactory and commercially-realistic result within the tight time-frames in which these deals normally take place or when a dispute subsequently arises.

 

Working with the firm's corporate team, we are able to provide a comprehensive service on any acquisition finance transaction, whether it is an asset or share purchase, a private equity deal or a public-to-private.  The resources available to us within the corporate team include specialist groups that can provide integrated advice on the tax, pensions, employment, commercial and property issues which regularly arise. 

 

Using the banking team's experience in the asset-based financing sector, we have also been able to create innovative solutions for lenders looking to provide this type of finance, particularly when they have had to address the complicated security issues that can arise when financing public offers.

 

In addition, our corporate recovery and restructuring lawyers work closely with BLG's banking, corporate and commercial litigation teams. Our lawyers are experienced in advising banks, financiers, insolvency practitioners and other intermediaries, as well as companies and directors, in situations which include debt restructuring, corporate reorganisation, security enforcement, administration and liquidation.

 

Our focus is on helping lenders and distressed companies to avoid insolvency, failing which, we can assist in managing the insolvency process for our clients in a cost-effective and constructive way.  Our market leading insurance and reinsurance expertise also puts us in a prime position to advise on insolvency and restructuring issues for brokers, managing agencies and insurers.