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Patrick Donegan

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English

Patrick Donegan is a partner in the Banking and Finance Group. He has been with CMS since 2003 and was made a partner in 2011.

He has a wide range of experience in corporate and leveraged finance and other structured financings, including real estate financing. He has also acted on a number of complex restructurings.

Patrick’s clients include sponsors and other private equity providers, banks and other financial institutions, regulated utilities and corporate borrowers. He also focuses on the infrastructure and energy sectors.

Awards & Recognitions

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“bright and solution orientated” and “an expert in bank financing structures”

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Relevant experience

A CKI led consortium on facilities to assist in its EUR 980m acquisition of AVR, the energy from waste group in the Netherlands.
An infrastructure investor on its fully funded bid for Fortum’s Finnish distribution network.
Ithaca Energy on a USD 350m bridge facility part of which was used to assist in its public takeover of Valiant Petroleum.

A syndicate of lenders on GBP 500m of facilities to finance a portfolio of PPI investments.

Lloyds Bank on its GBP 680m structured financing of the acquisition by a financial institution of an interest in a limited partnership that owned interests in gas fields.

UK Power Networks in respect of its working capital facilities.

Northumbrian Water Limited in respect of its working capital facilities.

Enterprise Inns plc on a variety of facilities including facilities to assist in the GBP 2.3bn acquisition of The Unique Pub Group and a GBP 650m forward start facility.

Galliford Try plc on a variety of facilities including GBP 450m facilities part of which were used to acquire the Linden Homes Group and GBP 400m corporate facility.

Value Retail on various working capital and structured real estate facilities for their villages across Europe.

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance Public Company Takeovers & Mergers

sectors

Insurance

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