How we help with debt capital
Our experience spans a wide variety of senior and junior debt facilities. They include loans, unitranche, mezzanine, private placement, asset-based lending, project finance and debt capital markets products provided by banks, credit funds, independent asset based-lenders, institutional and capital markets investors.

S&W’s debt advisory team possesses specialist, independent and conflict free experts focussed on enabling clients to navigate complex financial markets to meet their objectives.
Our Services
Our debt capital services are tailored to your specific requirements. Here’s a breakdown of what we can offer you:
Refinancing or amendment and renegotiation of existing debt facilities
- Understanding your business, your objectives and your strategy
- Advice on your options and potential lenders
- Support in developing your proposals, all relevant information, and the approach to lenders
- Leading the discussions with lenders and related third parties
- Advice on commercial negotiations with lenders to achieve optimum terms
- Coordination of other advisors, such as legal, tax, commercial, valuation and diligence experts
Financing for acquisitions, buy outs and strategic M&A
- Public and private transactions
- Extensive experience in private equity LBO’s and financings
- Advice on financing options and potential lenders
- Support in developing your proposals and approach to lenders
- Experienced advice on lender negotiations
- Practical, heavy lifting support to free up senior management resource and bandwidth
- Access to market leading industry and sector expertise
- Coordination with M&A, legal, tax, commercial, valuation, diligence and other advisors
Investor fund level finance
- Specialist advice and transaction support for asset managers looking to establish, refinance or renegotiate fund finance facilities
- Subscription line facilities
- Asset-backed lending and net asset value based credit facilities
- Liquidity and working capital facilities
- GP co-investment facilities
- Portfolio level facilities
Growth capital
- Advising high growth SMEs on sourcing international growth capital
- Venture and early-stage finance
- Experienced advice and support ifor entrepreneurs approaching lenders and institutions
Financing real estate
- Expert advice on bespoke real estate financing solutions
- Access to specialist real estate lenders and investors
- Experience across all sectors, including commercial real estate, agricultural lending, development, hotels and healthcare
Realising value from trade receivables and other company assets
- Advising on the options around all forms of asset-based lending and trade finance facilities
- Support in developing your proposals and the approach to lenders
- Advice on commercial negotiations with lenders
- Coordination of other advisors, including ledger analysis and valuation
Restructuring debt
- Advice in complex and challenging situations
- Extensive senior contacts with alternative special situations lenders
- Coordination with colleagues able to provide wider executive level advice
Board advisory and expert witness
- Executive level. independent, commercial, conflict free advice
- Expert witness work where independent, objective, third party insight is required
- Legacy
- 70+ years combined UK team debt markets experience
- Deals
- 205 financings closed 2020-24
- Total Debt Raised
- US$24bn debt raised 2020-24
Get in touch
Allow our debt advisory experts navigate the complexities and create opportunities for you. Contact Fenton Burgin, Partner in Corporate Finance, today to find out more information.