Kate Bowden

London UK

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Kate is a Senior Associate in the Banking & Finance team. Specialising in leveraged and acquisition finance, Kate has a broad practice which encompasses general corporate finance, receivables and asset based lending, venture debt, litigation funding and equity margining, as well as distressed debt and restructuring. Kate regularly advises sponsor backed borrowers, corporate groups and financial institutions on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Banking & finance

Acquisition & leveraged finance

Real estate finance

CV

Since 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2016 Trainee, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2016 Trainee, Taylor Wessing

Education

2016 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

2014 Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School

2013 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School

Experience

Advising a global asset manager on its $20 million equity margin facility

Advised a leading global asset manager as borrower on its entry into a $20 million equity margin facility.

Amy Edwards-Knight

Fiona Coady

Kate Bowden

Advising Digital 9 Infrastructure plc on its £300 million revolving credit facility

Advised Digital 9 as borrower on entry into a debt facility with a syndicate of four international banks including RBS, DNB, Royal Bank of Canada and Banco Santander.

Amy Edwards-Knight

Fiona Coady

Kate Bowden

Rockpool Investments

Advising Rockpool Investments on investment in MomentumABM, an account-based marketing consultancy provider.

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James Goold

Liz Wilson

Kate Bowden

Arcadia

Acting on the restructuring and CVA of the Arcadia group (including Top Shop, Top Man and Miss Selfridge).

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Nick Moser

Stephen O'Grady

Kate Bowden

Mark Smith

Alexander Erskine

James Goold

Jonny Bethell

Mark Bennett

SpectraLegal on its complex GBP100m loan facility agreement

SpectraLegal, the Canadian-backed, UK litigation funder, on a complex and bespoke GBP100m loan facility agreement (with an additional £100m accordion facility) secured predominantly against Spectra's receivables. We also acted on the transfer of loan portfolios within the group and the cancellation and redemption of its two existing senior facilities with a UK bank and U.S. fund respectively.

Fiona Coady

Kate Bowden