OUR TEAM
Our Acquisition Finance team based in London comprises six front office staff with combined experience of over 80 years.
Acquisition Finance
Our Acquisition Finance team offers financing for syndicated, corporate cross-over and mid-market deals in the leveraged space for large and medium business enterprises.
With 25 years’ uninterrupted presence in London, our Acquisition Finance team is active in Leveraged Finance, from mid-market to large cross-border facilities, financing Private Equity-backed LBOs, leveraged corporate acquisitions and post-IPO facilities. We serve clients headquartered in most European countries (outside France).*
We provide a full life cycle approach by developing relationships with Borrowers, with ongoing support from initial financing through to incremental facilities, refinancings and post-IPO facilities.
Our diverse portfolio presents a strong weighting towards Business Services, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Industrials & Chemicals, Leisure & Retail, Technology & Media and Transportation. We offer various funding solutions in multiple currencies across Senior Secured, Super Senior Secured and First Out Last Out structures.
*Via London and our head office in France
In Brief
OUR CLIENTS
Our clients are large and medium business enterprises that require financing for syndicated, corporate cross-over and mid-market deals in the leveraged space.
OUR PRODUCTS
Our specialism includes participations in syndicated loans and mid-market club deals, providing a range of amortising loans, term loans, delay draw loans, incremental facilities and revolving credit facilities.
What we can do for you
Syndicated Sponsored LBOs
We provide commitments as participants in large and mid-sized leveraged transactions across diverse industries in the European syndicated leveraged loan markets for sponsor-led deals.
Mid-Market Acquisition Finance
We participate in club-style transactions for medium business enterprises for both sponsor-led and corporates deals across Senior Secured, Super Senior Secured and First Out Last Out structures.
Cross-Over / Non-Investment Grade Finance
With expertise in cross-over and non-investment grade debt structures including post-IPO facilities, we can provide commitments in both rated and non-rated loans with a flexible approach to pricing, structures and decision making process.
Your Contact
Mathew Gillard
Matt heads up the Acquisition Finance team at CIC London. With over 25 years’ experience in Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Matt Gillard has been with CIC London Acquisition Finance since 2002. Prior to this Matt worked for TD Securities and NatWest. He is a graduate of Southampton University where he read Economics.
