Adam Walsh
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Adam Walsh

Senior Associate

Email

adam.walsh@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 5050

Offices

London

V-CARD
Adam specialises in cross-border leveraged and acquisition financings, acting principally for lenders and private credit funds on sponsor-backed leveraged finance transactions.
He also has experience working on behalf of top tier private equity funds and financial sponsors in respect of cross-border leveraged buy-outs.
 
Adam has previously worked for an extended period on secondment in the Capital Markets team at CVC Advisers Limited (London). He has also worked on secondment in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • The lead arrangers and underwriters on the financing for CVC in respect of dsm-firmenich’s divestment of Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) business valued at approximately EUR 2.2 billion. 
  • The lead arrangers and underwriters on the financing for CVC’s acquisition of Smiths Detection. 
  • The lender group in connection with the GBP1.2bn debt financing package provided to OneAdvanced, a BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners portfolio company. 
  • The bookrunners and underwriters on the financing for the EUR5bn acquisition of Vodafone Spain by Zegona Communications. 
  • The financiers on TPG Capital's acquisition of DOC Generici. 
  • The lenders in connection with the EUR 2bn financing by CVC of La Liga, the top professional football division of the Spanish football league. 
  • The private credit provider on the financing supporting CVC's investment in Ligue de Football Professionnel, the French football league. 

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2018
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.