Megan Lawrence is a partner in the Global Finance practice, London’s Leveraged Finance team and a member of the Firm’s Private Capital industry group.
Megan specializes in domestic and cross-border leveraged acquisition financings. She advises market-leading banks and private credit funds at all levels of the capital structure, including broadly syndicated senior TLB financings, second lien financings, bank/ bond transactions, unitranche and PIK holdco financings.
Megan has extensive knowledge of the syndicated and leveraged loan markets and regularly advises arrangers, lenders and agents on acquisition and other event driven finance transactions.
In 2019/2020, Megan spent ten months on client secondment to the London-based financial sponsors group at J.P. Morgan.
Education
- The University of the Witwatersrand, LL.B.
Admissions & Qualifications
- Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
- Admitted as an attorney, South Africa
Awards & Recognition
The Legal 500 United Kingdom: Finance: Acquisition Finance 2024
Matters
Recent Representations
Prior to joining Proskauer, Megan’s representative matters include advising:
- The private credit lenders on the refinancing of the unitranche facilities provided to IRIS Software, a business critical software solutions and services provider.
- The private credit lenders on the establishment of incremental facilities under the unitranche financing to Access Group, a leading enterprise resource planning business.
- The mandated lead arrangers and lenders on the senior term loan facilities and revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition by Bain Capital of Eleda, a Swedish infrastructure projects services firm.
- The lenders on the holdco financing in connection with KKR’s investment in Soderberg & Partners, one of the Nordic region's leading financial advisers and brokers of insurance and financial services.
- The lenders on the financing provided in connection with HG Capital’s investment in Visma, a leading provider of business critical software.
- The lenders on the covenant amendments and maturity extension in respect of Altice France S.A.’s existing 2025/2026 TLBs and the conversion of the same into new EUR/USD loans due August 2028.
- The mandated lead arrangers and lenders on the senior term loan and revolving credit facilities in connection with the acquisition by KPS of Eviosys, a tinplate steel packaging business in Europe and Africa.
- The mandated lead arrangers and lenders on the senior secured term loan facilities, revolving credit facilities and PIK financing in connection with Cinven’s acquisition of think-cell software GmbH, a German computer software company.
- The mandated lead arrangers in connection with the refinancing of the Synthon Group facilities, an integrated global leader in the development of complex generic pharmaceuticals and a BC Partners portfolio company.
- The lenders on the unitranche financing in connection with the acquisition by Hg Capital of JTL Software GmbH, a leading German ERP software provider specialising in e-commerce enablement solutions.
- The lenders on the unitranche financing in connection with the acquisition by Ontario Teachers Pension Plan of Seven Investment Management, a UK wealth manager.
- The lenders in connection with the unitranche, acquisition and super senior RCF facilities provided in connection with the acquisition by Partners Group of Pharmathen Global Holding B.V., a leading European pharmaceutical company specialising in advanced drug delivery technologies.