Katie Horbury

Katie is an associate in Taylor Wessing’s Banking and finance group, specialising in acquisition and leveraged finance, financial restructuring, project finance and real estate finance acting for both borrowers and lenders.

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Career

Since 2016	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2016	Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Wessing

Education

2016	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2014	Legal Practice Course, BLP
2013	BA Hons Law, University of Cambridge

Expertise

Experience

White Oak Pantheon (UK) Limited on various matters in relation to its £70,000,000 FILO facility	White Oak Pantheon (UK) in relation to the sale process of British Steel to advise and assist White Oak in being able to recover its outstanding debt in full and advising White Oak on any consents and/or releases it is asked to provide as part of the sale process, in its capacity as a secured creditor. We have also advised White Oak on various aspects of the existing FILO financing arrangements and it is rare to come across FILO facilities in the UK ABL market so this is a unique opportunity to be working with a FILO lender and additionally, in the context of a very high profile insolvency process.
Helaba on the new 5 year GBP292.5m loan facility to fund the expansion of MediaCityUK	Helaba, an internationally active German commercial bank, acting as coordinator and agent, alongside other co-lenders on the new 5 year GBP292.5m loan facility to Peel Media in relation to the refinance and expansion of MediaCityUK over the next decade. MediaCityUK is an international destination for technology and innovation, and is home to the likes of the BBC, ITV, dock10 and Ericcson.
Affirma Capital on its MBO of Standard Chartered Bank's private equity investment business	Affirma Capital, a newly formed, independent private equity firm owned and managed by the former senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE), on its MBO of Standard Chartered Bank's (SCB) private equity investment business. The deal was complex, involving the acquisition by Affirma Capital of the general partners and investment managers of various third party funds being spun out from within SCB, as well as the establishment of a new fund backed by ICG and incorporation of investment adviser entities in Affirma Capital's key jurisdictions.

d.light on its financing agreement to fund millions of solar devices across Africa	d.light, a company developing and delivering affordable solar-powered solutions designed for the developing world, on its financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) where d.light will use funds drawn under that agreement to fund the design, assembly, distribution, financing and installation of 7 to 10 million solar devices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
Phoenix UK on the purchase and restructuring of distressed debt and an equity investment	Phoenix UK Fund Limited in relation to the purchase and restructuring of distressed debt (originally provided to the Stanley Gibbons Group by a UK bank) and its associated equity investment into Stanley Gibbons plc, the specialist retailer of collectable postage stamps and similar products, and on the purchase of certain assets out of administration.
Inflexion Private Equity on the refinancing of the Alston Elliot group	Inflexion Private Equity on the refinancing of the Alston Elliot group. Alston Elliot is a leading provider of premium data-driven graphics solutions for live sports broadcasts. The refinancing completed via secured loan facilities provided by Cordet Capital.