Clifford Chance advises lenders financing Cinven’s acquisition of Artefact

Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised the lenders to international private equity firm Cinven in relation to the financing to support its acquisition of Artefact, a global provider of data and artificial intelligence (‘AI’) consulting services to large, blue-chip enterprise.

Established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, Artefact empowers leading global businesses to navigate technological change and unlock the competitive advantages of data and AI-led transformation. Today the company employs more than 1,700 individuals in 31 offices across 25 countries.

The cross-border debt financing team was led by London debt finance partner Katherine Sinclair, with support from senior associate Jack Edwards, associates Alexander Walker and Assisi Gifford and trainee Tobi Alao.

London debt finance partner Peter Dahlen, supported by senior associate Raad Gorji and associate Isabelle Woodcock, Paris debt finance partners Pierre-Benoit Pabot du Châtelard and Frédéric Guilloux, supported by associate Ophélie Han Fing, New York debt finance partner Jason Ewart, supported by associate Daniela Chilkevitsh, and Tax partners Jemma Dick, Pierre Goyat and Avrohom Gelber, supported by associates Marco Montanaro, Hanène Zemir and Gil Shauly, also advised.