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Global Finance

The Paul Hastings Global Finance practice is consistently ranked and recognized for the many high-profile and complex financing transactions we handle in the U.S. and around the world.

Our premier global team of more than 150 lawyers advises leading lenders, investors, borrowers and other market participants across the full spectrum of raising capital, vehicle formation, deal structuring and execution, regulatory compliance, workouts and restructurings.

We develop innovative strategies to achieve the business goals of clients ranging from the largest and most sophisticated global banks to opportunistic and special situations funds, and from specialty finance firms and private credit funds to business development companies and alternative investment managers – all across a wide range of industries.

From billion-dollar-plus financings to middle-market loans, we use our deep market knowledge and understanding of each client’s business to take advantage of opportunities in developing efficient financing options. Our broad experience ranges across all forms of capital, including syndicated bank loans, high-yield bonds, unitranche and other direct-lending financings, asset-based loans, mezzanine debt and preferred stock.

Clients benefit from our multidisciplinary team, which is fully integrated with the firm’s capital markets, M&A, regulatory, tax, environmental, restructuring and bankruptcy, and other practices to offer seamless execution in all transactions. We also are uniquely able to leverage our impressive global footprint with strong coordination between our firm’s offices across the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia when handling multi-jurisdictional matters.

Representative Matters

Squarespace

Direct lenders on the financing for Permira’s $6.9B acquisition

Darktrace

Lead arrangers on the financing for Thoma Bravo’s $5.3B acquisition

Cotiviti

Lead arrangers on the financing for KKR’s $5.6B investment

Crown Rock

Lead arranger on the financing for Occidental Petroleum’s $12B acquisition

Magellan Midstream Partners

Lead arranger on the financing for ONEOK’s $18.8B acquisition

Nextech

Direct lenders on the financing for TPG’s $1.4B acquisition

Coupa Software

Direct lenders on the financing for Thoma Bravo’s $8B acquisition

Verisk’s Wood Mackenzie energy business

Direct lenders on the financing for Veritas Capital’s $3.1B acquisition