Laetitia Costa

My practice focuses on acting for UK and international lenders (with a specialist focus on alternative lenders and private credit funds), private equity sponsors and corporates on a variety of UK and cross-border acquisition finance and corporate lending transactions, including private equity backed buyouts, management buy-outs, corporate M&A, refinancings and restructurings of leveraged assets involving senior, unitranche, first out / last out structures, second lien, holdco PIK and other subordinated facilities.

Dual-qualified in England and Wales and France, with +22 years of experience, I have developed strong expertise both on the lender and sponsor side on highly sophisticated transactions.

Prior joining Fieldfisher I worked at Magic Circle and leading US law firms and was the former Head of the Banking & Finance Practice at a Big 4.

In addition, I have co-founded an advisory boutique providing legal, legislative & political risk advisory and capital services and I set up a lending marketplace that connects European SMEs with private credit funds.

I am fluent in English and French.

My experience includes:

• Advising a private credit fund with the financing of the acquisition of the leading provider of cloud-based business network and connectivity solutions for the logistic industry.
• Advising a private credit fund with the acquisition of the PIK toggle notes of the leading provider of diagnostics in laboratory.
• Advising the mezzanine lenders in providing secured mezzanine debt in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a Swedish security group.
• Advising the senior lenders in connection with a first/second lien financing for the acquisition of the world leading provider of clinical protein electrophoresis equipment.
• Advising the senior lenders in connection with the 1st/2nd lien financing of the public tender offer of the share capital of a Dutch listed company.
• Advising the sponsors on financing of the acquisition of the European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communication.

• Advising a senior steering committee’s member on the debt restructuring of a Spanish passenger and freight ferry services business
• Advising a senior steering committee in connection with the restructuring of the debt owed by France’s third-largest private water company.
• Advising the MLAs in connection with the financing of the acquisition of more than 24 private clinics.