John Bakie
The number of European private credit deals has more than doubled in just six years, with the UK still leading the pack, but France quickly catching up.
Portfolios are strong, but political uncertainty and originating good deals pose risks for private debt providers.
The appointments bring significant mezzanine investment experience to the Middle East-focused fund manager.
The fund will focus on assisting 14 Italian companies to restructure and relaunch their businesses.
The fund will look to support projects with a positive social and environmental impact in Europe with both private debt and equity.
The addition will expand the law firm’s capabilities in institutional debt finance work.
Aircraft require lots of finance and not all of it can be provided by the banks. But as institutional investor interest grows, valuations may be heading to unsustainable levels. John Bakie reports
Hamza Filali will focus on originating private debt opportunities in France.
The fourth fund was oversubscribed and will target a wide range of performing and non-performing credit.
The CLO fund will target investments in European CLOs across both the primary and secondaries market.