Faisal Ramzan is a Private Credit partner and member of the Global Finance practice and the firm's Private Capital industry group.
Faisal's practice focuses on complex cross-border and domestic finance transactions and credit arrangements, particularly those financings that involve private sources of capital. He structures and negotiates a wide range of financing facilities such as:
- senior secured financings
- mezzanine debt
- second-lien loans
- bifurcated and stretched senior unitranche facilities
- holdco loans
- other innovative, first-in-kind structures
Faisal represents a broad array of lenders and investors, including private debt funds, alternative lenders, mezzanine funds, second lien lenders, hedge funds and specialty finance companies, often in the context of leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings.
Faisal has extensive experience in intercreditor and interlender issues, secured creditor and debt restructurings and he regularly negotiates intercreditor and subordination agreements, agreements among lenders and other complex interlender agreements.
Faisal has written debt finance articles for various publications and is a frequent contributor to industry and legal articles on European debt finance as well as a regular speaker at industry conferences. He is recognised in both Chambers and Legal 500 and has been recognised as a notable banking lawyer by IFLR 1000.
Education
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The College of Law, York, L.P.C.
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The University of Hull Law School, LL.B.
Admissions & Qualifications
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
Memberships
City of London Law Society
International Bar Association
Law Society of England and Wales
Awards & Recognition
Chambers UK, Banking & Finance 2021-2022, 2024-2025
IFLR 1000 United Kingdom: Banking: Notable Practitioner 2020-2023
The Legal 500 United Kingdom: Finance 2017, 2019-2021, 2024-2025