Cadwalader Advises Barings in Its Support of the Acquisition of Chambers and Partners by Abry Partners

November 13, 2023

Cadwalader has represented Barings, one of the world’s leading investment managers, as sole lender of senior secured credit facilities backing Abry Partners’ acquisition of Chambers and Partners, announced on November 13.

Chambers is the leading provider of independent legal rankings and market intelligence with a 30+ year brand history, and longstanding relationships with key legal market stakeholders. Its rankings cover 10,000 law firms and over 100,000 individual lawyers across 216 jurisdictions. Rankings are embedded within the legal community as a critical resource for law firms’ marketing teams, a research source for general counsel and a considerable achievement for the individuals profiled.

The Cadwalader London team advising Barings is led by Leveraged Finance & Private Credit partner Smridhi Gulati, with associates Matt Mazenier, Harriet Geddis and Elias Ojja; and support from Tax partner Adam Blakemore.