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John Dawson

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

John Dawson is a partner in the Finance Team at CMS London. John focuses his practice on advising borrowers, lenders and investors on the full spectrum of financings in the private debt markets. He has extensive experience working on public and private acquisition financings, fund financings and special situations lending and restructurings. His clients include leading venture capital firms, private equity funds, hedge funds, commercial banks, investment banks and corporate borrowers in the UK, Europe and internationally. With his expertise in special situations and distressed debt, John delivers clients comprehensive, end-to-end solutions, for complex financing and restructuring transactions. 

John has over 20 years' experience, having previously been a partner at Magic circle and US firms. He thrives on complexity, enjoys delivering innovative solutions and combines technical expertise with practical advice. He is the secretary of the East End Community Foundation and lectures on masters programmes at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.

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Publications

  • Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis, Third Edition (January 2022) Chapter “Private Equity Exits – the Financing Perspective” (together with Patrick Donegan).
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Lectures list

  • Introduction to Acquisition Financing: Master of Corporate Law: University of Cambridge.
  • Trends in Acquisition Financing: Masters in Law and Finance, University of Oxford.
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Education

  • 1998 – Legal Professional Course, College of Law York, York.
    1997 – MA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, Oxford.
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30/01/2024
Time to talk about leveraged finance in mid-market PE buyouts
Earlier this month, CMS’s private equity and leveraged finance teams hosted a roundtable to discuss the state of the leveraged market. Joined by clients from leading UK mid-market PE sponsors, acquisition...
28/11/2023
Leveraged finance: handling an impending financial covenant breach
A forecast breach of a financial covenant is often an early warning sign that a business is not performing to plan. Unless self-help remedies are open to the borrower, lenders will have an opportunity...
19/01/2023
ABT Auto Investments Ltd v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd – importance of agreeing...
In this Law-Now we discuss the recent case of ABT Auto Investments Ltd v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd [2022] EWHC 2839 (Comm) which involved the remedy of appropriation, an enforcement option available under...