Linklaters advises Bain Capital on joint venture with SMBC to establish €1.5 billion European loan platform

Linklaters has advised Bain Capital on its joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to establish a new European loan platform providing up to €1.5 billion in senior secured credit to sponsor-backed corporate borrowers across Europe and the UK.

The platform is structured as a co-governed credit vehicle that will co-originate leveraged finance loans on an ongoing basis, combining SMBC’s pan-European leveraged finance origination and structuring capabilities with Bain Capital’s underwriting and asset management expertise. The platform has been developed to support sponsor-led syndicated loan transactions at scale and across market cycles.