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Aaron Ferner

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Advises lenders and borrowers on a wide range of finance transactions.

Aaron is a member of Davis Polk’s market-leading Finance practice. Lenders and borrowers rely on Aaron to handle a wide range of transactions, including leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings and corporate loans. Aaron’s structured credit practice includes work on NAV facilities and single-asset and portfolio back-leverage transactions. He also has extensive experience advising on the financing of UK and international public company takeovers.

Aaron is recognized by IFLR1000.

Experience

Notable Borrower Representations
  • Financing for Tencent-led consortium’s acquisition of 20% of Universal Music Group
  • Financing for Ferrero Group’s acquisition of WK Kellogg
  • £30.6bn financing for Comcast’s competitive takeover of Sky
  • $6.4bn financing for Solvay’s acquisition of Cytec
  • $4.6bn financing for Dialog Semiconductor’s proposed acquisition of Atmel
  • $1.68bn financing for SS&C’s takeover of Blue Prism Group
  • £1.4bn financing for Temenos’ proposed takeover of Fidessa
  • €1bn financing for Natura’s acquisition of The Body Shop
  • $945m financing for Nuvei’s takeover of SafeCharge
  • $315m financing for GeoPark’s takeover of Amerisur Resources
Notable Lender Representations
  • $28.5bn financing for Amgen’s takeover of Horizon Therapeutics
  • $5.32bn refinancing for Finastra Group
  • $5.14bn financing for 3G Capital Advisors’ acquisition of Hunter Douglas
  • €3.9bn financing for KKR’s acquisition of Refresco
  • $2.725bn financing for ABC Technologies’ proposed takeover of TI Fluid Systems
  • $1.2bn financing for Viavi Solutions’ proposed takeover of Spirent Communications
  • £900m backstop financing for Barratt Developments’ takeover of Redrow
  • £763m financing for GXO Logistics’ takeover of Wincanton
  • £745m financing for GXO Logistics’ takeover of Clipper Logistics
  • £725m financing for Vista’s takeover of Advanced
Notable Financial Adviser Representations
  • £71bn takeover of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev
  • £4.3bn takeover of Rexam by Ball Corporation
  • £3.3bn proposed takeover of RPC by Apollo
  • £124m takeover of Latchways by MSA Safety
  • £115m takeover of Stride Gaming by Rank Group
  • £112m takeover of Countrywide by Connells
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Recognition

IFLR1000 – Banking, Financial Services Regulatory, United Kingdom

Education

B.A., London School of Economics and Political Science

Prior experience

  • Slaughter and May, 2007-2014

Qualifications and admissions

  • England and Wales
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