Debevoise represents an array of clients across a broad spectrum of complex financing transactions. Seasoned, commercial and effective, the team has become a trusted business partner in deal after deal.
Alan J. Davies
Pierre Maugüé
Ryan T. Rafferty
Scott B. Selinger
Thomas Smith
Ramya S. Tiller
Ranked as a leading law firm for Banking & Finance – Global: Multi-Jurisdictional.
Debevoise brings a great ‘can do’ attitude and delivers.
Debevoise has an exceptional finance team. They are a highly capable team … well resourced for large and complex matters.
—Chambers Global, 2022-2024
Ranked as a leading law firm for Banking & Finance - Nationwide.
Debevoise’s team provides best-in-class service and a very deep bench of subject matter experts.
—Chambers USA, 2020-2024
Ranked as a leading law firm for Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers.
They are the best in the business.
Some of the smartest and most practical lawyers I’ve ever worked with.
—Legal 500 US, 2020-2024
Ranked as a leading law firm for Acquisition Finance in the UK.
It is a fantastic team full of brilliant talent. They are incredibly knowledgeable about both bespoke finance arrangements and also the industry.
—The Legal 500 UK, 2023-2024
Ranked as a leading law firm for Banking and Finance.
They are our go-to firm when it comes to financings.
Debevoise is a clear leader … with a very commercial approach and sound technical and legal advice.
—Chambers UK, 2023-2024
Highly Commended in the Finance Team of the Year category.
—The Lawyer Awards, 2022
Debevoise’s Finance Group has experience in all types of finance work including:
Debevoise is ranked as a leading firm in Finance and in Aviation Finance by Chambers, as well as in Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers by The Legal 500 and Project Finance by IFLR1000. The cascading accolades flow in large measure from the team’s savvy, market-wise approach. “Their strength,” notes Chambers USA, “is their deal flow: they work on more transactions so they see more market terms and precedents.”
The Finance Group invests in its clients, developing a deep understanding of their business models, their needs and objectives, and their tolerance for risk and complexity. Pragmatic, flexible, fast and responsive, the team delivers innovative solutions and flawless execution, allowing clients to take advantage of market windows and employ innovative techniques.
Members of the Finance Group regularly draw on the experience of other parts of the firm, working closely with their colleagues in the Tax, Restructuring, Employee Benefits, Real Estate and Intellectual Property Groups, for a seamless experience. As stated in Chambers USA, the team’s work standard is “exceptionally high – they have a great deal of resources and are very client sensitive and cognizant of what clients think.”
The practice spans the firm’s offices in New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong and stretches to the far corners of globe. Clients include issuers, transaction sponsors, project sponsors and companies, institutional investors, airlines, lessors and lessees whose needs involve acquisition finance, project finance, equipment finance, structured finance and derivatives, syndicated loans, high-yield bond offerings, mezzanine finance and private placements.
The end result is a seamless practice that leaves no stone unturned for clients. According to Chambers USA, “They're very efficient in using their time to focus on key issues and make sure all bases are covered.”