Ryan Clarke focuses his practice on cross-border domestic debt financing transactions advising corporate borrowers and issuers, private equity houses and other institutional investors. His experience includes advising clients on the financing of leveraged buy-outs, corporate facilities and direct lending facilities.

• Advised Mercuria on the financing of Batavia Oil’s acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd
• Advising Ares Management Limited on the GBP425 million refinancing of the Charles Taylor Group
• Advised the management team on the financing aspects of its buy-out of the PX Group
• Advised Message Bird on the financing aspects of its acquisition of SparkPost
• Advised a consortium of lenders including Blue Owl, Golub Capital, Guggenheim Partners and Partners Group on the financing of the acquisition of Allocate Software
• Advised the Texthelp Group on the financing aspects of its acquisition of the Lingit Group
• Advised OpenGate Capital on the cross-border financing of their acquisition of Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems

Education
Warwick University, LLB
University of Law, Legal Practice Course

Admissions
England and Wales