Pinsent Masons advises Europcar on refinancing

16 May 2014 | 10:45 am |

International law firm Pinsent Masons is advising car rental company, Europcar Group UK Limited, on its £500 million asset refinancing. The deal will see the extension and refinancing of Europcar’s funding arrangements with various lenders, the main purpose of which is to allow Europcar UK to acquire vehicles for the performance of its daily rental business.

Europcar serves business and leisure customers through a network of over 250 car rental stations throughout the United Kingdom.

The Pinsent Masons team advising on the deal is led by banking partners Edward Sunderland and Martin Bishop with assistance from Eloise Walker, Suggen Dosanjh, Victoria Baker and Rebecca Noble.

Commenting on the deal Edward Sunderland said: “The firm fought off stiff competition from the incumbent firm to win the business. Pinsent Masons’ partner led offering and sector expertise played a key role in our appointment.”

Geoff Blackwell, Legal Director for Europcar UK, stated “ We were impressed with the commitment showed by Pinsent Masons to invest the time to understand what we wanted.  We expect our legal advisers to be pro-active, pragmatic and professional, and they ticked all those boxes.”

 

Latest press releases

Show me all press releases

Pinsent Masons hires senior litigation and investigations partner Melanie Ryan in London

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed litigation partner Melanie Ryan to join its Global Investigations team in London.

Pinsent Masons MPillay advises SUSI Partners on investment in Alba Renewables

Law firm Pinsent Masons MPillay has advised Swiss-based infrastructure investment manager SUSI Partners on its investment in Alba Renewables to build a renewable energy infrastructure business focused on The Philippines.

Pinsent Masons advises La Bottega on Australian acquisition

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Italian producer of hotel essentials La Bottega on its acquisition of a majority stake in Australian company Vanity Group.

People who viewed this press release also viewed

Show me all press releases

Pinsent Masons hires senior litigation and investigations partner Melanie Ryan in London

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed litigation partner Melanie Ryan to join its Global Investigations team in London.

Pinsent Masons MPillay advises SUSI Partners on investment in Alba Renewables

Law firm Pinsent Masons MPillay has advised Swiss-based infrastructure investment manager SUSI Partners on its investment in Alba Renewables to build a renewable energy infrastructure business focused on The Philippines.

Pinsent Masons advises La Bottega on Australian acquisition

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Italian producer of hotel essentials La Bottega on its acquisition of a majority stake in Australian company Vanity Group.

For all media enquiries, including arranging an interview with one of our spokespeople, please contact the press office on

+44 (0)20 7418 8199 or 

Location contacts

We are processing your request. \n Thank you for your patience. An error occurred. This could be due to inactivity on the page - please try again.