Andrew Vickers 

Special Counsel – London
T.+44 (0) 20 7170 8543
andrew.vickers@cwt.com
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4AG
United Kingdom V-CARD

Andrew Vickers is a Special Counsel in Cadwalader’s Leveraged Finance & Private Credit Group in London.

Andrew advises direct lenders and other financial institutions across a wide range of financing structures, including senior, junior and unitranche financings, with a particular focus on cross-border private credit transactions.

Andrew is recognised as a “Key Lawyer” for Acquisition Finance by The Legal 500 UK 2024.

Andrew’s representative experience includes* advising:

  • The private credit lenders on the refinancing of The World Universities Insights Group (an Inflexion Private Equity investment).
  • Apera Asset Management on the financing of Inflexion Private Equity’s investment in TC Group.
  • Muzinich Private Debt on multiple finance transactions across Europe and Asia Pacific.
  • The unitranche lenders on the financing package to support a confidential sponsor bid.
  • Apollo Management International and MidCap Financial on their financing of Inflexion’s acquisition of Mycom.
  • The unitranche lender on the financing of Bain Capital’s acquisition of a European group specialising in the design and manufacture of high performance pre-cast concrete products.
  • The second lien lender in connection with the first and second lien financing package provided to a Swiss-headquartered provider of specialty chemicals.
  • The unitranche lender on the financing of Bain Capital’s acquisition of an Italian tyre wholesaler by way of the issuance of Italian mini-bonds.
  • Castik Capital on the financing aspects of its take private acquisition of Waterlogic plc.
  • Ardian Private Debt on the unitranche facilities made available to finance the acquisition of Six Degrees Group by Charlesbank Capital Partners.
  • Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank and Bank of Montreal as mandated lead arrangers with respect to the financing package provided to fund Optimal Payments’ acquisition of Skrill.

*Certain representations occurred prior to Andrew’s association with Cadwalader.

Publications:

  • Incremental Facilities: Another example of European and US loan market convergence (Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, March 2017) (co-author)
Andrew Vickers 

Admissions

  • England & Wales

Education

  • Durham University
    LL.B.
  • Nottingham Law School
    LPC