NILS GRAVENHORST’s main area of focus is advising on debt finance transactions, with clients including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, corporates, investment banks, and credit funds.
Nils advises on a variety of complex financings, including leveraged transactions, distressed acquisitions, recapitalisations, and cross-border financial restructurings. Nils regularly advises on bespoke financing structures, including asset-backed lending and specialist credit solutions, and also has experience in sports financings, hybrid value transactions, real-estate transactions, margin loans, and fund financings.
Recent examples of Nils’ notable work include advising:
- Francisco Partners on the leveraged financing for the acquisition of Macrobond, a leading provider of economic and financial intelligence software.
- Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. the sale of Summit Leasing Slovenia, a leasing company in Slovenia and Croatia (pending).
- Pictet Alternative Advisors in its acquisition of Pareto FM.
- Preservation Capital Partners, a financial-services focused private equity investor, on its acquisition of German-based insurance broking platform Hanseatic Broking Center (HBC) and the subsequent senior secured financing of HBC arranged by Ares, providing HBC with further long-term capital for strategic investments.
- Bilkul Football in its acquisition of West Bromwich Albion Football Club.