Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s acquisition finance team has rapidly gained traction among a financial sponsor-focused client base that is appreciative of its ’front-of-market best advice and flawless execution’. As well as leveraging the blue riband roster of clients co-heads Neel Sachdev and Taner Hassan were able to bring with them from their previous firms (including HIG Capital, Warburg Pincus and Oakley) the team has also successfully built out existing institutional firmwide relationships, including for Apollo and KPS Capital Partners, which are now able to receive UK law advice. As well as picking up work at the top-end of the market, often running dual processes within the TLB and private credit markets, the team is also active on more mid-market adjacent deals, including those involving hybrid debt products. Other key lawyers include the ‘superb’ Kanesh Balasubramaniam, whose ’commercial acumen is simply the best out there’; Stefan Arnold-Soulby, who has a particular focus on public to private transactions; and New York-law qualified partner David Carmona, a longstanding lawyer in the firm’s London office.