Biography
Marcus is a partner in the Debt Finance Group in London.
Marcus has a particular focus on advising direct lenders, credit funds, and financial institutions on complex financing transactions. He has extensive experience acting on cross-border leveraged finance, high-yield transactions, and corporate lending, as well as restructurings and special situations across a range of sectors.
Marcus also advises clients on liability management exercises, including amend-and-extend transactions, covenant resets, drop-downs, uptiers, and other bespoke capital structure solutions.
Marcus has worked in both London and Hong Kong, and in 2022, he was seconded to J.P. Morgan, where he advised on several market-leading leveraged finance, corporate lending and structured lending transactions.
Experience
Acquisition Finance: Syndicated Transactions
- Mehiläinen (2024—2026)
The finance parties in connection with Mehiläinen's (majority owned by CVC and Hellman & Friedman) offering of senior secured notes, repricing of its existing term loan facilities and upsizing of its existing revolving credit facility.* - High Temperature Solutions Business
The lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to support the acquisition by Platinum Equity of Imerys SA's High Temperature Solutions.* - Flora Food Group
The lead arrangers on the senior term loan financing and high yield financing for KKR's acquisition of Unilever's baking, cooking and spreads business.* - Urbaser
The lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities to support the acquisition by Platinum Equity of Urbaser S.A.U..* - City Football Group
The lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to the City Football Group, the holding company of Manchester City FC.* - Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
The arranger providing financing for Richemont in relation to the voluntary public tender to acquire all ordinary shares of Yoox Net-A-Porter Group.* - William Hill
The creditors in connection with the credit facilities provided to support the acquisition by Caesar's Entertainment of William Hill Plc.* - Kem One
The lead arrangers in connection with the bridge to bond and super senior revolving credit facilities provided to support the acquisition by Apollo Global Management of the Kem One Group.* - Avast
The lead arrangers in connection with the credit facilities provided to support the acquisition by NortonLifeLock of Avast Plc.* - Cerdia
The initial purchasers in connection with an offering of senior secured notes by Cerdia Finanz GMBH, a portfolio company owned by Blackstone, representing the company's debut high yield issuance.* - Apex
The lead arrangers in connection with the refinancing of credit facilities provided to the Apex Group.* - Techem
The lead arrangers on the refinancing and repricing of the facilities provided to a Partners Group's portfolio company.* - Nets A/S
The lead arrangers on financings for Nets A/S, a Hellman & Friedman's portfolio company.* - Hilding Anders
The mandated lead arrangers in relation to the refinancing of a KKR portfolio company.* - Cerba Healthcare
The mandated lead arrangers in relation to bolt-on acquisitions for a Partners Group portfolio company.*
Acquisition Finance: Unitranche/Direct Lending
- System C Healthcare
The lenders in connection with the unitranche facilities in support of CVC's bolt on acquisitions to System C Healthcare.* - Rayner
The lenders in connection with the unitranche facilities to Rayner, majority owned by CVC.* - AMCS
The lenders in connection with the unitranche facilities in support of EQT Private Equity's acquisition of a majority stake in AMCS.* - Markerstudy
The lenders in connection with the upsizing and refinancing of unitranche facilities provided to Pollen Street Capital's portfolio company, Markerstudy.* - Finova
The lenders in connection with the upsizing and refinancing of unitranche facilities provided to Bain Capital Tech Opportunities' portfolio company, Finova.* - VivaGym
The lenders in connection with the unitranche facilities in support of Providence Equity Partners' acquisition of VivaGym Group.* - April
The lenders in connection with the unitranche facilities and super senior revolving credit facility in support of KKR's acquisition of APRIL Group. - Infront
The lenders in connection with the facilities provided to the Infront Group.* - Kerridge Commercial Systems
The lenders providing the financing for an Accel-KKR portfolio company.*
Restructurings, liability management transactions and special situations (not including confidential mandates):
- TalkTalk (2024—2026)
Advising Ares Management Funds in connection with the refinancing and restructuring of TalkTalk.* - Petrofac
The ad hoc group of noteholders in relation to the restructuring of Petrofac.*
* Matters prior to joining White & Case