Partner

Stuart Brinkworth

Banking & Finance, Lending, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance

London +44 20 3130 3081

sbrinkworth@mayerbrown.com

"He's a brilliant lawyer who keep the deal process moving". "He is a well-respected figure in the European leveraged finance market. He has a strong reputation for technical expertise, but what truly sets him apart is his presence and influence in the space"

Chambers UK

Übersicht

High-profile private equity and credit fund businesses and individuals value Stuart Brinkworth's significant experience that spans over 250 deals in the mid-market to help them derive the greatest value from their financing transactions. He acts for UK and international sponsors and their portfolio companies as well as private credit funds on a variety of UK, European, and cross-border-leveraged finance transactions, including private equity-backed leveraged buy-outs, public bids, recapitalisations, rescue-style financings, and restructurings. Stuart is experienced across all elements of the debt capital structure.

Erfahrung

Advised:

Sullivan Street Partners on the financing of its acquisition of Senior Plc’s aerostructures division.
Vitruvian Partners on the financing of its acquisition of rail tour specialist Great Rail Journeys.
Keensight Capital on the debt financing of its acquisition of Metacompliance, a leading provider of cybersecurity and compliance software.
Star Capital on the financing for its acquisition of STR (a leading global provider of specialist equipment, innovative technologies and data enabling service to the offshore energy and marine science markets) and of V-Group (a global leader in ship management and marine services).

Epiris on a financing for its portfolio company, Pure Cremation, a leading funeral plan provider.
CBPE on the financing for its acquisition of Clifton Asset Management, a leading wealth management and pensions administration firm.
Sullivan Street in relation to the financing of its acquisition of Tracerco, a leading industrial technology firm providing detection, diagnostic and measurement solutions, from Johnson Matthey.
A unitranche lender in taking ownership of a borrower group, including a restructure of the senior debt and debt for equity swap.
Francisco Partners in relation to the financing of its acquisition of German-based Native Instruments, a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based audio production, and US-based iZotope, a leading designer of software, hardware plug-ins, and mobile apps for the music industry.
Permira Credit in relation to the refinancing of Netherlands-based medical device supplier Duomed, which included funding for its acquisition of the distribution activities of TSC Group in France and the Benelux.
EMK Capital and its Israeli-based portfolio company, Bright Data, on the refinancing of its existing debt facilities and a dividend recapitalisation with a secured term facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank and Investec Bank.
Francisco Partners in relation to the financing of its acquisition of Israeli-based MyHeritage, the leading global discovery platform for exploring family history.
Permira on the rescue of stationary retailer Paperchase from administration.
Star Capital on the financing of its acquisition of administration services provider Hawksford.
The unitranche lenders on a debt-for-equity swap and new funding commitments for a travel company.
Various unitranche lenders on covenant amendments and new money commitments in respect of various businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sixth Street Specialty Lending's European business on the financing of the public to private takeover offer and settlement of shares in Easy Software AG by Battery Ventures. Easy Software is a German developer of software solutions for electronic archiving and document management systems.
TA Associates on the financing of its acquisition and investment in Priority Software in Israel with an ILS 535 million (£120m) term and revolving credit facilities agreement provided by Goldman Sachs and its affiliate lending partners in Israel. Priority Software offers enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and business management solutions.
Francisco Partners on the financing of its acquisition of the Consignor Group. Founded in Oslo in 1997, Consignor has grown to be one of the leading providers of delivery management software by making it simpler, quicker, and cost-effective to ship orders to customers and by making delivery a competitive advantage.
Five Arrows Principal Investments on the financing of its acquisition of Radiologie in Germany.
Magnetar Financial (UK) LLP in relation to a senior term and accordion facility made available to Aero Services Global Group Limited, a leading global supplier of aerospace components and tooling solutions, to refinance existing debt facilities and to finance the acquisition of AMF Precision Engineering Limited.
Francisco Partners on the acquisition of LiveU Ltd, an Israel-based manufacturer and provider of cutting-edge live broadcasting equipment and portable video-over-cellular solutions.
Francisco Partners on the financing of their DKK3.7billion acquisition of EG Group, one of the leading Scandinavian software providers.

Veröffentlichungen und Präsentationen

Auszeichnungen

Recognised as a Band 1 individual for Leveraged Finance: Mid-Market by Chambers UK.
"Stuart is a very experienced and commercially-focused legal adviser." "He is a well-respected figure in the European leveraged finance market." "He has a strong reputation for technical expertise, but what truly sets him apart is his presence and influence in the space. He's a brilliant lawyer who keeps the deal process moving." "He's very commercial and practical, and knows the private credit mid-market world very well." "Stuart is a strong, technical banking lawyer." Chambers UK
"Stuart is a very seasoned professional. His commercial acumen and knowledge of the industry is very, very good." "Stewart is reliable, available and professional. He provides helpful advice that is not too lawyery, but gives commercial advice, which is great when we need to make decision." "Stuart is easy to deal with, commercial and helps us get to an agreement. He doesn't fight 'lawyer points'. We are happy to work with him and we feel we get good advice." "It is always excellent to work with Stuart." "Stuart is highly commercial and responsive." - Chambers UK
Band 2 Banking & Finance, "Stuart is a great lead lawyer with a wealth of experience in advising both borrowers and lenders." "Stuart is a partner who is fully involved and aware of all the key issues." – Chambers UK

Listed as a key lawyer for Bank Lending – Legal 500
"Stuart is an exemplary team player with huge amounts of knowledge. He gives very commercial advice, excellent client service and can close transactions in a very timely manner. His execution skills are second to none and he is very generous with his time." "He is very pragmatic and commercial in his approach." – Chambers UK
'Stuart Brinkworth and Danister de Silva have a great sense of humour and work ethic as well as working extremely collaboratively.' – Legal 500 (Acquisition Finance)
Winner - Acquisition Finance Expert of the Year in the United Kingdom – Global Law Experts
Listed as a key lawyer for Private Equity – Legal 500
"He is very good, very thorough and very experienced." – Chambers UK (Banking Lending)
Listed as a 'Leading Individual,' he is "very experienced, knows his stuff, is very authoritative and proactively seeks solutions to problems," according to clients. – Chambers UK
Stuart Brinkworth is praised by clients as "a superb marketer with deep technical expertise." He has experience advising lenders and sponsors on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance matters. – Chambers UK
"The recruitment in June 2018 of the "excellent" Stuart Brinkworth from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP is a major statement of intent for the firm, particularly in relation to the direct lending space." – Legal 500
Described as "extremely well networked and experienced." – Chambers UK
Stuart earns strong praise for his leveraged finance practice with sources commending him for being "highly commercial" and someone who is "really good at focusing on the key points" while he has "built a wide network and is very knowledgeable in the market in general." – Chambers UK
Recommended for acquisition & leveraged finance. – Legal 500
Recommended and commended for being "very well connected to the Private Equity mid-market." – Legal 500

Zulassungen

England und Wales
New York

Stuart Brinkworth

Übersicht

Erfahrung

verwandte Beratungsfelder und Industrien

Beratungsfelder

Veröffentlichungen und Präsentationen

Publications

Basket Case - The use of baskets in European mid-market leveraged finance transactions

Liquidity covenants to the fore

News

Chambers UK 2026 ranks 27 Mayer Brown practices and 56 lawyers

Mayer Brown advises Splitstone Capital LLP on agreement to acquire Ecobat Resources UK Limited

Veranstaltungen

Real Deals Mid-Market Debt 2022

2021 AFME Early Evening Webinar Series – High Yield and Leveraged Finance in Europe

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Zulassungen