Seye Olufunwa is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Corporate and Financial Services practices in the firm’s London office. Seye is experienced in non-contentious banking and finance transactions, with a focus on domestic and cross-border asset-based lending.
Seye regularly advises bank, non-bank lenders, and borrowers, with a particular focus on asset-based lenders.
Representative Matters
- Advising an asset-based lender (lead arranger) in a syndicated transaction, the first major FILO facility in the European asset-based markets providing up to £265 million in financing to British Steel.
- Advising a U.S. asset-based lender (lead arranger) in relation to a $200 million syndicated credit facility to a global performance company.
- Advising an asset-based lender in relation to providing facilities pursuant to four acquisitions creating the largest independent timber distribution company in the United Kingdom.
- Advising an asset-based lender in relation to a cross-border transaction providing financing to a global toy, games, arts & crafts company.
- Advising an asset-based lender with the finance of two sponsor led cross-border acquisition finance transactions in relation to a group of health care and pharmaceutical companies.
- Advising a large U.K. courier company with the refinancing of its senior facilities.
- Client secondment at a leading asset-based lender.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: England and Wales
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"The Reintroduction of Crown Preference: What Does this Mean for Secured Lending?,"
Corporate Alert
(August 4, 2020).
Contacts: Andrew J. Knight, Seye Olufunwa
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"Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – Key Points,"
Corporate Alert
(March 26, 2020).
Contacts: Andrew J. Knight, Paul Muscutt, Robert Weekes, Cathryn Williams, Seye Olufunwa, Beth Bradley, Mark Forster
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"U.K. Government Faces Urgent Pressure to Reform Insolvency Law,"
Corporate Alert
(March 26, 2020).
Contacts: Cathryn Williams, Paul Muscutt, Andrew J. Knight, Beth Bradley, Mark Forster, Seye Olufunwa
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