Rob McBride
Partner London
Rob is a Partner in the Financial Markets & Products Group.
Rob has a broad practice across the debt capital markets, structured products and derivatives markets, as well as having considerable experience of a range of bank financings, particularly in the area of mezzanine and other subordinated investment structures. His clients include leading investment banks, private equity and hedge funds and major international corporates across a wide range of industries and sectors.
Rob is widely recognised, most recently by IFLR 1000, as a leading individual within the European derivatives market particularly with respect to finance-linked and other structured swaps, as well as structured commodity swaps and credit default swaps.
- A syndicate of international and local commercial banks on the interest rate and currency hedging elements of the US$3bn project financing of the Changfang and Xidao Taiwanese offshore wind projects.
- Advising Virgin Atlantic’s bondholders in Virgin’s landmark £1.2bn restructuring and recapitalisation plan implemented using the UK’s new Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006. – Airline Economics European Recapitalisation Deal of the Year 2021, Airfinance Journal Europe Deal of the Year 2021 and IFLR Europe Restructuring Deal of the Year 2021.
- The hedging banks on an award winning £1.3bn financing for the acquisition by PKA and PFA of a 50% stake in the 659 MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.
- Advising Apollo Global Management as special aviation counsel on the US$700m debtor-in-possession financing for Scandinavian Airlines as part of the airline’s Chapter 11 restructuring.
- A consortium of banks as lenders on the hedging arrangements for the €988m financing of the 252 MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm project.
Education
- 1997 · Admitted as a solicitor
- 1993 – 1995 · College of Law, Guildford
- 1989 – 1992 · Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University: MA
- 1987 – 1988 · Konservatorium für Musik, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
- PressWFW advises Adaptogen on £58m battery storage project portfolio financing
- PressWFW advises lenders on 540 MW solar and battery storage portfolio financing
- PressWFW advises Piraeus Bank on loan portfolio acquisition from HSBC
- PressWFW advises Infranity on €120m financing for 178 MW Italian solar PV portfolio
- PressWFW advises Sonnedix on first sustainability-linked corporate loan facility financing