Luke Barratt

luke.barratt@lw.com

+44.20.7710.4584

Profile

Luke Barratt is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins.

Mr. Barratt represents lenders, financial institutions, underwriting banks, investors, financial sponsors, and corporate borrowers on a broad range of cross-border leveraged finance transactions.

He advises clients on a variety of transactions across the syndicated loan and private credit markets, and is experienced in a wide spectrum of financing products across the capital structure, including term loan B facilities, first lien / second lien facilities, Holdco PIK facilities, unitranche facilities, and bank/bond transactions.

Experience

Mr. Barratt's experience includes advising:

The underwriters and the private capital providers on the financing for Cinven’s takeover offer to acquire German-listed company Synlab*
The private capital providers on the refinancing of Iris Sofrware’s (an HG portfolio company) existing unitranche facility*
The underwriters and arrangers in connection with the €1,035 billion refinancing of the Go-Ahead Group’s debt facilities*
DigitalBridge on a US$335 million on a hybrid capital call / NAV facility*
The private capital providers on a £265,000,000 unitranche facility for the purposes of refinancing the QA Group’s (a CVC portfolio company) existing facilities*
The arrangers on the refinancing of Viridor (a KKR portfolio company)*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2021
Commendation, Distinction
BSc (Hons) in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2018
Upper Second Class Honours