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John Donnelly

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John Donnelly Managing associate

Contact details

John Donnelly

John Donnelly
Managing associate

T: +44 20 7809 2494 Email John | vCard Office: London

John is a managing associate in the firm's banking and finance team. His primary areas of expertise lie in fund finance and leveraged acquisition finance, where he represents a diverse range of clients.
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Working originally as a fund formation lawyer, John spent several years working on the structuring and formation of complex fund structures, including on the acquisition of large secondaries portfolios. Since gravitating towards being a full time finance lawyer, John has used the expertise he gained acting for both lenders and funds in respect of capital call, net asset value and hybrid facilities. He spent six months on secondment to the fund finance desk of Investec Bank plc, helping the team there with the origination and structuring of new deals as well as assisting with their internal credit processes.

John is also an experienced acquisition finance lawyer, having spent time in the top tier sponsor acquisition finance team at a magic circle law firm,  so is very familiar with issues with deal financings which arise at fund finance level. 

 
  • Fund finance
  • Leveraged and acquisition finance

Acting for Partners Group AG in respect of its subscription line facilities with a club of large retail lenders.

Acting for the club of lenders to the Equitix Infrastructure Funds in respect of their subscription facilities.

Acting for each of Sovereign Capital, Alcentra, Montagu Private Equity and Signal Capital in respect of their subscription financing.

Acting for Citibank in respect of numerous subscription line financings provided to mid-tier private equity firms.

Advising Hayfin Capital Management in respect of the borrowing base facilities provided in respect of its fund vehicles, secured against the value of its underlying portfolio investments.

Advising the lenders to Stirling Square Capital Partners in respect of a facility provided in respect of the receivables provided by a pool of assets including OHI Helicopters, Axitea security and SAS bio-agriculturel.

Advising the lenders to Permira Private Equity in respect of the receivables provided by a pool of assets including Klarna and Flixbus Germany.

Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in respect of the refinancing of the syndicated debt provided to Douglas GmbH (a Cinven portfolio company).

Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in respect of the successful acquisition of Polygon Holding AB  (a leading property damage restoration company) by AEA Investors.

Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in respect of the successful acquisition of TenCate Grass (the leading global artificial grass solutions provider for Sports and Landscaping) by Crestview.

Acting for various direct lenders in respect of Holdco PIK facilities.

Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in respect of the financing provided to the Virgin Media Ireland asset pool, spun out from the main Virgin Media group.

Acting for the arrangers and underwriters in respect of the financing of various bids made by group companies owned by Liberty Global Media for broadband providers.

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