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Ben Wilkinson

Ben Wilkinson is a Principal of Baker McKenzie based in the Firm's Stockholm office as part of the global Banking and Finance Practice, working on English law deals in the London and Scandinavian markets as well as other cross-border matters. Ben regularly advises lenders, borrowers and financial advisors in connection with the debt financing of acquisitions of public companies. Ben also acts for a variety of lender syndicates, steering committees, sponsors and companies in relation to various restructuring matters. Ben has spent extended periods on secondment at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in their leveraged finance teams, as well as a secondment to the legal team at Goldman Sachs and a period at an international law firm's New York office. Ben is recognised as a key individual for acquisition finance and bank lending in Legal 500 UK, 2021. · Baker McKenzie

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About

Ben Wilkinson is a Principal in Baker McKenzie's Stockholm office, part of the global Banking and Finance Practice. He works on English law deals in the London and Scandinavian markets and cross-border matters, advising lenders, borrowers, and financial advisors on debt financing for acquisitions of public companies, as well as lender syndicates, steering committees, sponsors, and companies on restructuring matters. He has held secondments at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in leveraged finance, and spent time at an international law firm's New York office. Recognized as a key individual for acquisition finance and bank lending in Legal 500 UK (2021).

Practice area

Banking and Finance

Office

Expertise

Acquisition FinanceBank LendingRestructuring

Education

  • Oxford University (St. Edmund Hall) (MA, Jurisprudence) (2001)

Languages

English