Hogan Lovells International LLP

Involved in the private credit market since its inception in Europe over a decade ago, Hogan Lovells International LLP has built up a loyal roster of some of the most prolific lenders in the upper mid-market, including Ares and Barings. Team head Paul Mullen has been pivotal to the firm’s success in the area and has been at the vanguard of the development of private credit as an asset class, helping to ensure that the firm generates mandates in novel new techniques, including its increased use in ARR financings and to finance UK take-private mandates. Jo Robinson and Francis Booth are also key contacts for this alternative lending work, with the ‘thoughtful and responsive’ Robinson particularly skilled at advising on unitranche and ARR facilities. The ’commercial and practical’ Penny Angell has a varied financing workflow that includes insurance-related acquisition finance mandates for lenders and borrowers.