Richard A. Hardwick

Advising Watermill Group, a strategy-driven private investment firm, on financing its acquisition of Andaray (Holdings) Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (trading as Cooper & Turner), a UK-based global manufacturer and distributor of high-strength, large diameter industrial fastener systems and its subsequent acquisition of Beck Industries

Advising PUMA on the finance aspects of its sponsorship and licensing agreement with Arsenal FC, reported to be the biggest commercial deal in European football history

Acting for Sportech PLC on the financing aspects of its £161.8 million acquisition of the Littlewoods Leisure division of The Littlewoods Organisation, comprising Littlewoods Pools, Bet 247, Bet Direct and Littlewoods Lotteries, and the subsequent acquisition of Vernons

Acting for agent, security trustee and arrangers in relation to a £85 million development facility to build 634 residential units across three towers and two midrise blocks

Acting for the London branch of a foreign bank in relation to a £41 million development facility financing a borrower’s obligations under a forward funding agreement for the construction of mixed-use property in London, England

Advising the UK Retail Warehouse Fund in connection with £400 million refinancing secured on portfolio of retail warehouses located in England and Scotland

Advising a leased and tenanted pub company in connection with a refinancing of its facilities by way of a £30 million revolving credit facility secured on its estate of over 350 pubs across England, Wales and Scotland

Acting for Arena Leisure on the financing aspects of its the acquisition of various racecourses, including those at Lingfield Park, Folkestone, Wolverhampton, Southwell and Windsor

Acting for Arena Leisure on finance aspects of a 5-year sale of media rights to Satellite Information Services for a total fee in excess of £100 million

Advising LKQ Corporation on financing aspects of its acquisition of Euro Car Parts for an initial consideration of £225 million

Acting for UK-based Tax Systems plc on the finance elements of its acquisition of UK-based, Tax Computer Systems Limited, a company that provides corporate tax professionals with comprehensive technology solutions. The acquisition constituted a reverse takeover of Tax Systems plc under the AIM Rules. The acquisition was financed by a placing of new shares raising £45 million and through new debt facilities with HSBC Bank plc and Business Growth Fund plc respectively

Advising Northern Trust Group, the property investment, development and land regeneration company, in relation to a £270 million facility arranged by M&G Investments. The facility was secured against Northern Trust’s portfolio of industrial, trade and office parks, comprising over 4,500 individual units in total and its c. 1,500-acre land bank

Advising Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in connection with its secured funding of the Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira

Advising Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, as agent, in connection with €135 million term and multicurrency syndicated revolving credit facilities secured on three world class hotels in Italy

Advising CIMB Bank Berhad and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation in connection with separate bilateral and syndicated term and revolving credit facilities totalling €90 million to fund the acquisition of a chemicals business

Advising Habib Allied International Bank on its purchase of Habibsons Bank

Acting for Brightstar Corporation on the finance aspects of, and its financing of, its acquisition of 20:20 Mobile (a leading provider of distribution and integrated supply chain solutions to the European mobile industry with more than 3,500 customers and an annual turnover of almost £1 billion)

Acting for an investment company in relation to the English finance aspects of a syndicated €53.5 million real estate facility secured on real estate in Germany and Spain

Advising propco and opco in connection with a £54.7 million refinancing of term loan and revolving facilities secured on a 500-room hotel in London, England

Acting for the shareholder sponsor (a leading global alternative investment firm), the Impreme Group and its subsidiaries in relation to a €50 million facility for the financing of a development of a mixed-use real estate project in Rome, Italy