Michael Leadbeater

Michael Leadbeater

Senior Associate

Michael is a Senior Associate in the Finance Group, focussing on leveraged finance in the mid to upper-mid European market.

Michael acts for a number of the Firm's key private equity clients and their portfolio companies, as well as being a trusted adviser to a number of large corporate borrowers. Michael also has significant experience in advising both bank and private credit lender clients, having undertaken two secondments with major clients of the Firm.  Michael's experience spans a variety of leveraged finance transactions across the capital structure, including unitranche financings, FOLO structures and PIK lending, and his ability to act for both borrowers and lenders affords Michael a unique perspective in finding commercial solutions to meet client's needs.

Michael currently sits on the Firm's Senior Associate Committee.

Selected Deals

Inflexion on the refinancing of Nodor International

Macquarie Principal Finance on an acquisition financing for a prominent UK wealth management platform

Verdane on the acquisition financing of Smartbox Group

Macquarie Capital Private Equity on its acquisitions of Metcor and UniHomes

RSK Group on its >£500m equity raise and connected refinancing

EMK on its acquisition financing of Aureos (formerly Keltbray Infrastructure Services)

Inflexion on its acquisition financing and take-private of DWF

HSBC UK Bank and HSBC Direct Lending on the financing of Northcote Equity's acquisition of Nuvo Accounting

HSBC UK Bank and Investec on the refinancing of the Impact Futures Group (an August Equity portfolio company)

Inflexion on multiple acquisition financings, including in relation to aosphere, Cutwel, DSS+, Nomentia, ONP, Sparta Global, Times Higher Education and Ultimate Performance

Celnor (an Inflexion portfolio company) on the refinancing of its debt facilities

Rosemont Pharmaceuticals (an Inflexion portfolio company) on the refinancing of its debt facilities

IK Partners on the acquisition financing of Checkmate Fire

COOK on the refinancing of its debt facilities

Graphite Capital on the acquisitions of Digital Space and Horizon Care and Education

CGE Partners on its acquisition financing of Enhesa

TA Associates on its acquisitions of Fairstone Group, IGEL, InCorp, ITRS and Gong Cha

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