Legislation agency Freshfields has appointed personal capital attorneys Paul Stewart, Mark Davis and Nick Fortune as companions to its international transactions follow in London.
Stewart will function international co-head of personal credit score and capital options alongside New York-based associate and international co-head of personal credit score and capital options Damian Ridealgh.
Stewart and Davis will be a part of Freshfields from US agency Weil Gotshal & Manges, the place Fortune was additionally primarily based till just lately.
Stewart advises credit score funds, monetary establishments and different traders throughout a spread of leveraged finance mortgage merchandise, with a give attention to the personal credit score and capital options areas.
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Davis acts for credit score funds, monetary establishments and different traders in a variety of transactions, together with cross-border capital options financings, high-yield financings, restructurings and different complicated issues.
Fortune has acted on a variety of worldwide restructurings and insolvency transactions with a powerful give attention to creditor and advert hoc group representations. His shoppers embrace main personal capital and credit score funds.
All three companions will work intently with Ridealgh and Ken Baird, international head of restructuring in London, in additional strengthening Freshfields’ personal capital and capital options providing, and the agency’s market main international personal capital follow.
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“We’re delighted to welcome Paul, Mark and Nick to our international personal capital and restructuring practices,” mentioned Baird and Ridealgh in a joint assertion. “They convey a skillset which, on prime of their consumer base and product experience, will complement and construct out our current product providing and which aligns with our shoppers’ wants on this quickly evolving market. Our asset supervisor shoppers deploy multi-asset funding methods throughout fairness and credit score, and the addition of this three-partner staff in London additional bolsters Freshfields’ place as a go-to advisor for our fund shoppers and on a worldwide stage.”
Over the previous two years, Freshfields has expanded its personal capital providing with a number of appointments globally. In 2024, the agency appointed Mary Lavelle as international co-head of personal funds and secondaries (PFS) in London adopted by fellow PFS associate Ivet Bell in New York.
Additionally within the US, personal capital companions Eva Mak and Claire James joined in Silicon Valley and New York respectively.
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