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Marc C. Isaacs

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Practices
Industries
International
Education
  • The College of Law, London Store Street, Law Society Finals, 1993
  • University of Bristol, LLB, Honors, 1992
Admissions
  • Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales
Affiliations

Member, Law Society of England & Wales

Member, City of London Law Society

Languages
  • German
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Marc is a banking and finance lawyer based in London. He has a broad finance practice with extensive experience in international cross-border finance transactions both in Europe and in emerging markets. He brings to the firm experience in both bilateral and syndicated lending transactions with focus on leveraged acquisition finance, infrastructure finance, asset-based lending and general debt restructuring. His clients include financial institutions, private equity sponsors and international corporations.

Marc has previously worked in Singapore and has undertaken client secondments with both NatWest Markets (now part of the RBS Group) and Citigroup (Global Loans). He has been recommended in The Legal 500 for bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans.

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T: +44 20 7632 1720F: +44 20 7632 1638misaacs@mcguirewoods.com11 Pilgrim Street
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Advice to the project company and lead sponsor on the construction and export credit agency backed financing of a 30MW linear Fresnel solar thermal power plant at Puerto Errado, Murcia, Spain.

Advice to the mandated lead arrangers on the $1.4 billion senior secured syndicated financing facility for the consortium bid by a Spanish infrastructure and transportation management company, to acquire a French toll road company.

Advice to the mandated lead arrangers in relation to the £1.62 billion senior and junior acquisition finance facilities provided to fund a cash offer by Arcapita’s ElectricInvest Acquisitions Limited for Viridian Group plc (the Northern Ireland utility).

Advice to a U.S. corporation in connection with its pan-European ABL facility and cash pool arrangements.

Advice to a U.S. corporation in relation to a $495 million multicurrency, cross-border ABL revolving credit and term loan facility.

Advice to a global financial institution in connection with its participation in the senior syndicated credit facilities arranged to finance the acquisition of Manchester United plc by Red Football Limited.

Advice to a U.S. private equity house in connection with the restructuring of the senior and second lien facilities provided by Goldman Sachs and UBS to fund the acquisition of a German group of companies.

Advice to a global financial institution as facility agent under senior and second lien facilities for Nybron in connection with an amendment and waiver process under those facilities.

Advice to a Middle East based telecoms company on a €26 million murabaha financing facility for its Sudanese subsidiary.

Advice to a Middle East based telecoms company on a $160 million financing provided by International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) and OPEC Fund for International Development.

Advice to a Middle East based telecoms company on a $76.5 million EKN backed equipment supply financing provided by Standard Chartered Bank and a $13.5 million equipment supply financing provided by Ericsson Credit AB.

Advice to an African telecoms company in relation to an 80% IFC coordinated series of secured bilateral facility agreements subject to a common terms agreement.

Advice to an African telecoms company in relation to a $190 million syndicated term and revolving credit facility agreement arranged by ING Bank N.V., Standard Bank London Limited, Barclays Capital and Citibank International Plc.

Advice to a Tanzanian telecoms company in relation to its secured syndicated $30 million and TZS 56,400,000,000 telecoms financing.

Advice to an African telecoms company in connection with a CFA 7,000,000,000 secured facility agreement supported by an FMO backed guarantee.

Advice to a UK Building Society on the refinancing of a facility secured on a real estate portfolio in Germany.

Advice to a UK Building Society on a debt facility for a BVI borrower secured on real estate assets in the UK.

Advice to a UK Building Society on its bid to purchase a buy-to-let portfolio from Bank of Ireland.

Advice to a UK Building Society on its £1.1 billion acquisition of part of Bank of Ireland UK’s residential mortgage portfolio.

Advice to a real estate borrower on a refinancing of its £132m debt facility secured on a portfolio of residential properties.

Advice to a real estate borrower on a £9.1 million debt facility for the acquisition of a residential property.

Advice to a real estate borrower on the £114 debt financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of central London residential properties.

Advice to a global financial institution on a $60 million credit facility for an international corporation.

Advice to a global insurance company on a $250 million group working capital facility.

Advice to a global insurance company on a $106.5 million facility for a corporate acquisition in the US.

Advice to a global insurance company on its global master custodian agreement.

Advice to a UK lender on the financing of the acquisition of a loan portfolio secured on UK development and investment properties.

Named to "London Super Lawyers," Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2013

Author, "The Fine Line Between Liquidated Damages and Penalties," Butterworths Journal of Banking and Financial Law, 2008
Author, "How Committed is a “Committed Facility”? Issues to Look out for When Reviewing a Credit Facility for the Purpose of Providing a Cash Confirmation Statement," Butterworths Journal of Banking and Financial Law, 2007