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William Lam

Partner, Corporate Department

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电话: +44-20-3023-5106
传真: +44-20-3023-5406

Overview

William Lam is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. William’s experience includes advising sponsors, corporate borrowers, banks and other financial institutions across a broad range of banking and finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition financings.

Education

  • University of Oxford, B.C.L
  • The University of Sydney (Sydney Law School), LL.B. (Hons)
  • The University of Sydney, B.Com. 

Representations

William’s recent experience includes advising:

  • EQT on financing for the proposed take private of Fortnox
  • Verisure on the establishment of a new incremental facility and capital markets issuance
  • Galderma, an EQT portfolio company, in connection with their post-IPO financing
  • CVC on the financing in connection with its acquisition of Jagex
  • Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd. on their refinancing and capital markets issuance
  • KSL Capital Partners on the financing in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in Third Space, the U.K. luxury health and fitness brand
  • An EQT-led consortium on financing for the £4.5 billion recommended cash offer of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
  • EG Group on a series of complex financing transactions
  • TPG on the financing in connection with its acquisition of a majority interest in DOC Generici
  • CVC on the financing in connection with its acquisition of RGI
  • EQT on the refinancing of the IVC group, together with the establishment of various incremental facilities, having acted for EQT on the original buy-out financing and merger with Evidensia
  • EQT on the refinancing of Anticimex
  • EQT on the financing in connection with its public-to-private acquisition of Recipharm
  • EQT on the financing in connection with its acquisition of thinkproject
  • An EQT-led consortium in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Nestlé Skin Health
  • EQT on the financing in connection with its acquisition of, and subsequent divestment in, each of: schülke and Rimes
  • Equistone on the financing in connection with its acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services and subsequent sale
  • EQT on the financing in connection with the acquisition of the SUSE business
  • Sivantos, an EQT portfolio company, on the financing in connection with its merger with the Widex group to form WS Audiology
  • CVC on the carveout financing for Mooney S.p.A., having acted for CVC in connection with the original acquisition of the Sisal group
  • EQT on the refinancing of the Sitecore business, having acted for EQT on the original buy-out financing
  • The ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders on financing for the PizzaExpress restructuring
  • EQT on the financing in connection with its public-to-private acquisition of the Kuoni Travel group, together with a subsequent refinancing and divestment
  • The arrangers on the financing of the acquisition by Messer Industries of North America assets from Linde and Praxair
  • The arrangers on the refinancing of Eir Limited, an Irish telecommunications company

Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.

Practice Areas

Corporate

Leveraged & Syndicated Lending


Languages

English


Admissions

England and Wales Solicitor


Education

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, B.A./LL.B. 2011