Hayden Teo advises private equity investment firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate borrowers on debt financing transactions, with particular expertise in executing complex, multijurisdictional debt capital structures.

Hayden combines his extensive transactional experience across each stage of a debt financing life cycle with a deep understanding of current market trends to help sponsors and borrowers navigate:

  • Acquisition and leveraged buyout financings, including public-to-private transactions
  • Bridge-to-bond and super senior revolving credit facilities for high-yield bond offerings
  • Post-IPO and public company financings
  • Syndicated term loan facilities
  • Private credit financings

Working in close collaboration with our global private equity and capital markets teams, he provides cross-border financing solutions that address each client’s unique commercial objectives and risk profile. 

Hayden is an active member of the firm’s LGBTQ+ affinity group and is an advocate for equal opportunity and inclusion across the legal profession.

Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial associate to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Hayden’s experience encompasses a wide range of industries and businesses, and includes advising:

  • Triton on the acquisition of the carve-out security and communications technology business (now known as the Keenfinity Group) from the Bosch Group, and the subsequent refinancing of the Keenfinity Group’s senior secured debt 
  • Hellman & Friedman, including in relation to:
    • The senior secured debt financing established in connection with the IPO of Verisure, a leading provider of professionally installed and monitored security services in Europe and Latin America (one of the largest listings globally in 2025)
    • The refinancing of TeamSystem, a European provider of AI-powered, cloud-based, mission-critical SaaS solutions
  • Boluda Towage, a leading maritime services operator, on multiple financings, including:
    • A €2.15 billion (equivalent) senior secured term loan B and a €300 million multi-currency revolving credit facility refinancing
    • The amend-and-extend and upsize of its €1.1 billion term loan B and revolving facilities
  • evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings), a leading betting and gaming company, on: 
    • The financing to acquire the international (non-US) business of William Hill 
    • The financing aspects of the all-share acquisition of evoke plc by Bally’s Intralot, a leading global iGaming, lottery, and sports betting operator
  • EQT, including in relation to the financing to acquire:
    • (In partnership with AM Fresh and Paine Schwartz Partners) International Fruit Genetics together with a minority investment in SNFL, global breeders and licensors of table grapes and cherries
    • Colisée, an operator of European nursing home facilities and home care agencies
    • thinkproject, a European SaaS provider for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry
    • Cerba Healthcare, a provider of medical lab testing in EMEA
    • Natural Colors, a global manufacturer of natural coloring ingredients for food and beverages
  • Astorg, including in relation to the financing to acquire: 
    • The microbiology business from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (following which Thermo Fisher’s microbiology business will become an independent, privately owned platform backed by Astorg)
    • Corialis, a European designer and manufacturer of aluminium systems 
    • Via a public-to-private acquisition (in consortium with Epiris), Euromoney Institutional Investor and the subsequent demerger to Astorg of Fastmarkets, a cross-commodity price reporting agency
  • Permira, including in relation to the financing to acquire:
    • Golden Goose, a luxury high-end sneaker brand
    • Corin, an international orthopaedic-implant designer, together with bolt-on financing to acquire Global Orthopaedic Technology
    • (In consortium with Cinven and Mid Europa Partners) Allegro, the leading online marketplace in Poland
  • Carlyle, including in relation to the financing to acquire Dainese, a global designer and manufacturer of protective equipment for motorcycling and dynamic sports
  • NeoGames on the financing for the public-to-private acquisition of Aspire Global, a B2B iGaming technology provider, and on its subsequent acquisition by Aristocrat Leisure
  • Zenith Vehicles, a specialist independent leasing and fleet management provider and a portfolio company of Bridgepoint, on its super senior revolving credit facility in connection with its inaugural offering of £475 million of green bonds
  • Leonard Green & Partners on the financing to acquire Pure Gym, one of the largest fitness club operators across the UK and continental Europe, together with bolt-on financing to acquire Fitness World
  • Partners Group, including in relation to the financing to acquire: 
    • Schleich, one of Germany’s largest toy manufacturers
    • Eolo, an Italian fixed wireless access broadband provider

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Bachelor of Commerce in Industrial Relations, University of Western Australia
    (Hons)
  • LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws), University of Western Australia
    (Hons)