Overview
Aymen Mahmoud is the co-head of the London Transactions Group, and the London Finance, Restructuring and Special Situations Group and managing partner of the Firm’s London office. He focuses his practice on complex debt financing transactions for private equity funds and their portfolio companies, hedge funds, corporate borrowers and issuers and other financial institutions including banks, direct lenders, family offices and other alternative sophisticated capital. His experience includes acting in respect of direct lending, leveraged buyouts, domestic and cross-border syndicated senior, second lien and mezzanine lending, distressed debt trading, portfolio acquisitions and restructurings, emerging markets and other debt securities, including high-yield debt offerings. Aymen also has significant experience in connection with pre-EBITDA and recurring revenue financings.
Aymen has been described as a “uniquely commercial and creative transaction leader” as well as “savvy, knowledgeable, always available and always on the ball” by Legal 500 and Chambers note him to be “extremely commercial and pragmatic.” He played a key role in first establishing the Loan Market Association forms of leveraged and high yield documentation and has been recognized in Global Restructuring Review’s global “40 under 40” rankings in 2022 as well as Mergerlinks‘ Top 30 Financing Lawyers in EMEA in 2023.
Results
- Representing the Issuers in connection with the Greensill securitization programme
- Representing OpenGate Capital in connection with a dividend recapitalization
- Representing a private equity sponsor in connection with a special situations financing
- Advising Golub Capital in connection with the financing of the Mintec group
- Advising Bridgepoint credit in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Dan Johnston Inc
- Advised the lenders in connection with the financing of Causeway Technologies
- Advised Five Arrows Growth Capital, a management company affiliated with Rothschild & Co Merchant Banking, in a new round of financing for Padoa, a pioneer in the digitalisation of occupational health
- Advised Pemberton in connection with the financing of a Palamon Capital Partners portfolio company
- Advised Weight Partners Capital on the financing for the acquisition of Grosvenor Health and Social Care, a provider of health and social care services in the UK; and refinancing certain existing indebtedness of the portfolio business, Towerview Care Group
- Advised SilverTree and Perwyn Advisors UK Limited, as Sponsors, on the structured growth funding for their acquisition of the SALESmanago group
- Advised Bluewater on the financing aspects of its acquisition from Schneider Electric of its UK company IMServ
- Advised Golub Capital on the cross-border financing of the acquisition of the Sygnature Discovery group
- Advising Guggenheim Partners on a confidential holdco PIK Financing
- Advised the lenders on the acquisition financing of Biophorum
- Advised Pemberton Asset Management on the acquisition financing of an insurance business
- Advised Mercuria on the financing of Batavia Oil’s acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd
- Advised Golub Capital on the financing of the acquisition by Pamplona Equity Partners of the Pelsis Group
- Advised SilverTree Equity on the financing for their acquisition of the Orbus group
- Advised OpenGate Capital on the cross-border financing of their acquisition of Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems
- Advised Intriva Capital on the financing of their acquisition of Sequence Care Group
- Advised a consortium of lenders including Blue Owl, Golub Capital, Guggenheim Partners and Partners Group on the financing of the acquisition of Allocate Software
- Advising CVC Credit partners on a confidential holdco PIK financing
- Advising Ares Management Limited on the GBP425 million refinancing of the Charles Taylor Group
- Advising OpenGate Capital on the cross-border financing of their acquisition of MultiCam, Inc
- Advising Aksiom and Ara Partners on the acquisition of the PX Group
- Advising FQX AG on various matters
- Advising Caura Limited on its seed investment round
- Advising bd-capital on its acquisition of Ascenti Health
- Advising the lenders on the acquisition of the Lingit Group
- Advising Messagebird on the acquisition of SparkPost
- Advising lenders on the refinancing of the Texthelp Group
- Advising the second lien lenders on the financing of the Aenova Group
- Advised Pemberton Capital Advisors on the second tier financing for Platinum Equity’s acquisition of Biscuit International*
- Advised Golub Capital on the financing of the Juvare Group
- Advised Owl Rock Capital and Partners Group on the financing of the acquisition of the oneSource and Verge Health businesses
- Advised CVC Credit Partners on the financing of the iCoach (Ecteon) group
- Advised Blue Water Energy and Excellence Logging on the financing aspects of its acquisition of the Surface Data Logging Business from Weatherford International plc*
- Advised Blue Water Energy and PX Group on the refinancing of its existing facilities*
- Advised IK Investment Partners on the refinancing of the Visolit Group*
- Advised Guggenheim Credit Partners on the acquisition of the iContracts business*
- Advised creditors to Swissport on a PIK issuance*
- Advised Charterhouse on certain financing matters*
- Advised Permira Debt Managers on the financing of the Deltatre group’s acquisition of Massive Inc.*
- Advised IK Investment Partners on the financing of the Veritas Petroleum Group*
- Advised the Ad Hoc First Lien Group on the financial restructuring of the Claire’s Stores, Inc group*
- Advised certain lenders to the Danaos Corporation on the group’s USD 2.2 billion restructuring*
- Advised Brookfield Business Partners on the USD 4.6 billion acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company*
- Advised Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (as a key shareholder) on the NJJ-led consortium’s acquisition of eircom*
- Advised Premier Oil’s convertible bondholders on the group’s USD 2.8 billion restructuring*
- Advised Platinum Equity Advisors on the issuance USD 280 million 9% senior secured notes due 2022 and ABL facility in relation to its acquisition of the Pattonair Group*
- Advised Tronox on its bank and bond refinancing (including USD 2.1 billion term loan B and USD 450 million senior notes) in contemplation of the acquisition of Cristal’s TiO2 business*
- Advised HPS Investment Partners on various confidential special situations lending opportunities*
- Advised WFS and Platinum Equity Advisors on their USD 50 million tap issuance of 9.50% senior secured notes due 2022
- Advised Bregal Freshstream on the financing for its acquisition of Verwater*
- Advised Bregal Freshstream on the financing for its acquisition of Intergas*
- Advised Ardian on the EUR 447 million financing for its acquisition of SLV from Cinven*
- Advised the creditors on the financing of the Intelligent group split into Combell and Sentia* Advised the creditors on Vitruvian’s acquisition of EasyPark*
- Advised JP Morgan on its confidential investment in a loan portfolio*
- Advised Bybrook Capital and Morgan Stanley on debt restructuring transactions for DEMA SpA, an Italian aeronautics parts manufacturer, which included Bybrook Capital’s acquisition of a substantial majority of DEMA’s share capital, and in conjunction with Morgan Stanley, funding a new secured EUR60 million bond*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, Capital Markets Law, 2023-2025
- Legal 500 UK, Leading Partner, Acquisition Finance, 2025
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency and Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans, 2022-2025
- Chambers UK, Banking & Finance: Mid-Market, 2023-2025
- Mergerlinks Rising Stars, Top 30 Financing Lawyers in EMEA, 2023
- Global Restructuring Review GRR 100, Recommended, 2023
- Global Restructuring Review, 40 Under 40 list, 2022
Credentials
Education
Nottingham Law School, LPC, 2007
University of Warwick, LLB, 2006
Admissions
England & Wales