Francis Booth
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, French, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Legal 500 UK 2024, Acquisition Finance“Francis Booth is very user friendly and has great market knowledge.”
Francis Booth is a partner based in the London office. His practice focuses on leveraged and acquisition finance. He has led transactions advising banks, debt funds and borrowers on a variety of financing structures, including senior, mezzanine, FOLO, unitranche and PIK arrangements.
Secondments to Barclays and Marlborough Partners, a leading European debt advisor, have provided him with valuable commercial experience, whilst secondments to our offices in Singapore and Sydney have allowed him to work with lawyers across our international network.
Chambers and Partners UK 2024, Banking & Finance: Mid-Market"Francis is very commercial and someone we rely on to guide our deal team through transactions."
Representative experience
Advising Pemberton on the first lien facilities to finance Cap10's acquisition of Compass Community
Advising Barings on the financing of Inflexion's investment in aosphere
Advising ICG on the financing of Inflexion's take-private of law firm DWF
Advising HSBC on the financing of Long Ridge Equity Partners' investment in QX Global
Advising Pemberton on the financing of Cap10's take-private of Sureserve
Advising Ventiga Capital Partners on the refinancing of Retail Insight
Advising Investec on the financing of Lawfront's acquisition of Nelsons Law
Advising Ardian in relation to the financing of Norvestor's acquisition of Pinja
Advising Ares Management on the refinancing of Sykes Cottages and the acquisition of Forest Holidays
Advising Macquarie Capital on the refinancing of Centric Health
Advising Ares Management on the refinancing of Content+Cloud
Advising Barings and Bank of Ireland on the financing of Montagu's acquisition of intelligence business Jane’s
Advising LGT and NatWest on the financing of Equistone's acquisition of CH&Co
Advising HPS on the €1.2bn refinancing of the Fortenova Group (previously known as Agrokor) via a secured private note issuance
Advising Ares Management in relation to the financing of VetPartners
Advising Pemberton and Lloyds in relation to the provision of facilities backing the acquisition of Travel Counsellors by Vitruvian
Advising HNA Group on its circa €1.5bn debt and equity financing relating to its acquisition of Swissport
Credentials
- M.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 2004
- Solicitor, England and Wales