Philip Butler

Partner at Dechert LLP

Speaker

Philip Butler, Co-Head of Global Leveraged Finance, has more than two decades of experience structuring and negotiating a broad range of finance transactions. He advises domestic and international clients on the implementation of all elaborate debt structures and “is a leading mid-market leveraged finance practitioner” (The Legal 500 UK 2017). He regularly represents banks, corporates, funds, lenders, sponsors and syndicates on issues arising across an array of industries, including healthcare, life sciences, energy, manufacturing, financial services, leisure and information technology.

He is ranked as a ‘leading individual’ for acquisition finance (The Legal 500 UK 2022). In Chambers UK, 2021, he is described as “an experienced adviser to both lenders and borrowers on domestic and cross-border financings,” who gives “a very strong performance on the financing side.” In Chambers UK, 2019, he was ranked under band 2 for banking and finance. He has also been listed in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global, 2019, for banking and finance. He is regularly featured in The Legal 500 UK for acquisition finance and bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans. In The Legal 500 UK, 2018, he is noted for having a “very strong reputation” for mid-market work in the burgeoning direct lending space.