Ian Luby

Senior Counsel

Ian Luby is a Senior Counsel in the Finance department at Travers Smith

Ian advises corporates, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, investment banks and credit funds on a range of domestic and cross-border structured and leveraged financing and refinancing transactions.

Ian has particular experience in documenting and negotiating structured and asset-backed financing transactions, including advising originators and financial institutions in the speciality finance and securitisation spaces.

Selected Deals</p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Includes work undertaken at previous firms</span>

EQT and portfolio company SUSE on financing aspects of EQT's take-private acquisition of SUSE and various syndicated TLB, unitranche and PIK financing and refinancing transactions in respect of other EQT portfolio companies.

NewDay Cards Limited on various public securitisations of credit card and related receivables and related warehouse and private financing arrangements

888 Holdings plc on financing aspects of 888's acquisition of William Hill International and related loan and high-yield bond financing transactions.

Lendco Limited on its debut public securitisation of RMBS assets and subsequent securitisation issuances, warehouse financings and forward flow transactions.

Astorg on financing aspects of its acquisition of IPCOM and related financing transactions.

Onex Partners, IK Partners, EQT, TA Associates and their portfolio companies on various bid financing, acquisition and liquidity financing and refinancing transactions.

HSBC and other arrangers on financing aspects of Motor Fuel Group's acquisition of petrol forecourts from Morrisons.

Palamon Capital Partners and various portfolio companies (including Simplify, Thomas International and Feelunique) on various acquisition and other financing and refinancing transactions.