Aaron Ferner
Lawyers
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
Insights
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