The Global Legal Post | Alston & Bird Bolsters London Leveraged Finance Practice

Alston & Bird has added a leveraged finance practice to its London office with the arrival of partner Paul Simcock. Bringing more than two decades of experience, Simcock advises sponsors, lenders, and borrowers in complex leveraged financings, including acquisitions, public takeovers, and other national and cross-border corporate debt mandates in both Europe and the U.S.

Alston & Bird served as debt financing counsel to Platinum Equity in its acquisition of a majority interest in leading dairy products brands Horizon Organic and Wallaby from Danone.

Alston & Bird has deepened its ability to advise U.S. and European clients across a range of financial and corporate restructurings and insolvency mandates with the addition of Anna Nolan as counsel in the firm’s London office. Arriving from Paul Hastings LLP, Nolan advises stakeholders in both contentious and noncontentious matters, with a focus on transactions involving structured finance and real estate.

Paul Simcock is noted for joining the firm as a finance partner in the London office.

Tamer Bahgat is noted for joining Alston & Bird as a finance partner in the firm’s London office, and Phil Taylor, Saloni Joshi, and Paul Morris are mentioned, and Matthew Wrysinski is quoted.