Ed is Head of Banking. He advises borrower clients across a range of treasury financing activities and credit fund and bank lenders on more highly structured leveraged lending transactions.
Highlights include advising in relation to:
- acquisition and leveraged financings acting for lenders including Deutsche Bank, Ares, CDPQ, Fortress, H.I.G. and Schroders in a wide variety of sectors and jurisdictions, including in relation to corporates, energy and infrastructure assets, financial institutions, and real estate assets
- bid financings for corporate and fund bidders, including Spectris’ acquisition of Micromeritics, Fortress Investment Group LLC’s recommended offer for Loungers plc, Schneider Electric’s acquisition of Aveva, HKEx’s bid for the London Stock Exchange Group plc, Marsh & McLennan Companies’ bid for Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Wren House Infrastructure’s acquisition of North Sea Midstream Partners, Compagnie Financiere Richemont’s acquisition of Yoox Net-a-Porter, Cineworld’s acquisition of Regal Cinemas, Mediclinic’s acquisition of Al Noor Hospitals Group and Cable & Wireless Communications’ acquisition of Columbus International
- transformational refinancings and capital reorganisations for clients including ASOS, De La Rue, Yell, Countrywide, Glas Cymru, and Punch Taverns
- treasury financing transactions for borrower clients including loan facilities, bonds (including EMTNs, convertible bonds and high yield bonds), US private placements, CP programmes, supply chain financings, and derivative and structured finance transactions. Clients include 3i, Ascential, ASOS, Avolta, BHP, Bristol University, Centrica, EY, Fidelity, FirstGroup, Glas Cymru, Hays, HomeServe, J.C.B., Just Eat Takeaway, Kerry, Land Securities, Meggitt, Morgan Advanced Materials, Ninety One, Ports of Jersey, Richemont, Redrow, Rolls-Royce, Senior, Softbank, Spectris, The States of Jersey, South West Water, Stock Spirits and Videndum
Ed is listed in the Banking & Finance section of Chambers UK, 2025. He is listed as a leading partner in the Derivatives and Structured Products section of the Legal 500, 2025. Ed is a member of the City of London’s Law Society Financing Technical committee.
“He is technically brilliant.” Chambers UK 2025
Clients say: “Ed never fails to give nuanced advice that frequently gives us an edge in analysis and negotiations.” Chambers UK 2024
“Edward Fife is a real expert at what he does.” Chambers UK 2024
"Ed is a fantastic adviser who thinks about all issues in parallel, anticipates where challenges are likely to be and proactively presents solutions.” Chambers UK 2023