Biography
ELEANOR OATES advises on a broad range of debt finance transactions, with clients including private equity sponsors, corporates, investment banks, and credit funds.
Eleanor trained and qualified as a solicitor in Sidley’s London office, where she gained experience in the firm’s Corporate, Private Equity, Leveraged Finance, Employment, and Data Privacy practices.
Experience
Representative Matters
Recent examples of work include advising:
- Franklin Templeton on its mezzanine financing of AMPYR Distributed Energy, a renewable technologies business.
- Adevinta, a leading European online classifieds group backed by a consortium of shareholders including Blackstone and Permira, on financing arrangements to refinance its existing debt facilities and facilitate a distribution to shareholders.
- H.I.G. Capital and PolarDC Group Limited on the structuring and first-phase financing of a multi-phase project to deliver a leading data centre designed for High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications in Norway.
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
- University of Cambridge, B.A. (Hons), 2020