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Denise Gibson

Managing Partner

Email

denise.gibson@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 203 088 4231

Offices

London

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Denise is Managing Partner of the UK and a member of the Executive Committee at A&O Shearman. She specialises in leveraged finance and private credit.
Denise is highly regarded and recognised in the market as one of the leading lender-side leveraged finance lawyers. This is reflected by her Eminent Practitioners Chambers ranking as well as many industry awards and recognitions. She has been named as Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year at the Women in Business Law Awards Europe 2021 and has been ranked by Financial News including Most Influential in European Finance 2024 and 100 Women in European Finance 2024

Her clients praise her as “exceptional on every side,” adding that “what is amazing is that she is very good at corralling consensus, taking leadership in transactions and being someone who can bring commercial agreements together with the force of her negotiating skills.” Chambers UK.

Experience

Representative matters

  • The MLAs supporting Bain Capital’s acquisition of Eleda, the Swedish infrastructure projects and services firm.
  • The lenders supporting Carlyle’s acquisition of Anthesis, a leading global pure-play sustainability advisory and solutions firm.
  • The arrangers and underwriters on the USD1,095m and EUR750m senior secured term loan facilities and a EUR350m revolving credit facility in support of the acquisition by Bain Capital and Cinven of Lonza Speciality Ingredients, a leading global provider of integrated healthcare solutions.
  • The lenders on the unitranche financing in connection with the Advent’s acquisition of Hermes UK, the leading consumer delivery company and subsequent recapitalisation thereof.
  • The lenders in connection with the EUR 2bn financing by CVC of La Liga, the top professional football division of the Spanish football league.
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.