Thomas Smith

Partner
London
Tel: +44 20 7786 9174
Overview
Thomas Smith is an English-qualified partner in the Finance Group of the London office. Recommended by Chambers UK (2025), The Legal 500 UK (2025) and ... Read Full Biography

Publications

  • 2024 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
    August 2024
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Andrew J. Gershon
    ,
    Mark P. Goodman
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Arian M. June
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Gregory J. Lyons
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Frank Mitchell
    ,
    Maura Kathleen Monaghan
    ,
    Edwin Northover
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Rick Sofield
    ,
    Katherine Durnan Taylor
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Jonathan R. Tuttle
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Naomi Aoyama
    ,
    Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
    ,
    Brett Adam Bush
    ,
    Zhiyan Cao
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Lauren P. Heller
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Melissa Runsten
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Kayleigh Anderson
    ,
    Hymie A. Anteby
    ,
    Jabari Benjamin
    ,
    Charles Cartiglia
    ,
    Josephine Chen
    ,
    Jordan Corrente Beck
    ,
    Tejas N. Dave
    ,
    Julia Glazer
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Zoe Jacoby
    ,
    Yiran Ji
    ,
    Adriana Kranjac
    ,
    Paul D. Lowry
    ,
    Kaitlyn McGill
    ,
    Diana Moise
    ,
    Amy Pereira
    ,
    John M. Satira
    ,
    Eike Björn Weidner
    ,
    Keith Moshe
  • Private Equity Report: 2024 Outlook
    February 2024
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Charu A. Chandrasekhar
    ,
    Jennifer L. Chu
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Andrew J. Gershon
    ,
    Nia I. Goodman
    ,
    David Grosgold
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Ted Hassi
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Erez Liebermann
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Maura Kathleen Monaghan
    ,
    Edwin Northover
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Natalie L. Reid
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Kevin Rinker
    ,
    Samantha J. Rowe
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Michael Schaper
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Aly Love (f/k/a Simons)
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Kyra K. Bromley
    ,
    Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Melissa Runsten
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Elie J. Worenklein
    ,
    Adam Aukland-Peck
    ,
    Josephine Chen
    ,
    Perpétua B. Chéry
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Isabelle Glimcher
    ,
    Yiran Ji
    ,
    Maryam Kanna
    ,
    Leah Martin
    ,
    Sophie Michalski
    ,
    Diana Moise
    ,
    David J. Swiedler
    ,
    Perri M. Weinstein
    ,
    Nathan R. Hogan
  • Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance Laws & Regulations 2024
    24 January 2024
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    Christine Shu Gilleland
  • 2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
    27 July 2023
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Andrew J. Gershon
    ,
    Mark P. Goodman
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Ted Hassi
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Meir D. Katz
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Timothy McIver
    ,
    Frank Mitchell
    ,
    Maura Kathleen Monaghan
    ,
    Edwin Northover
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kristin A. Snyder
    ,
    J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
    ,
    Patrick Taylor
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Erica S. Weisgerber
    ,
    Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
    ,
    Brett Adam Bush
    ,
    Zhiyan Cao
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Megan McGuiggan
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Elie J. Worenklein
    ,
    Adam Aukland-Peck
    ,
    Colleen B. Bernaiche
    ,
    Charles Cartiglia
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Jay E. Evans
    ,
    Sara Ewad
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Camila Isern
    ,
    Yiran Ji
    ,
    Maryam Kanna
    ,
    Rekha Korlipara
    ,
    Adriana Kranjac
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Harshil Mehta
    ,
    Gianni Pizzitola
    ,
    Stanley G. Seckler
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Massy Vainshtein
  • Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2023
    24 January 2023
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    Christine Shu Gilleland
  • 2022 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    1 August 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Jennifer L. Chu
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Peter J. Loughran
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Brett M. Novick
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Jeffrey E. Ross
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Marshal L. Bozzo
    ,
    Zhiyan Cao
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Andrew J. Gershon
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Thomas A. DeMarzo
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Malina Welman
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Chika Ojukwu
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • NAV Financings: A Review of the Year
    1 February 2022
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Patrick Dixon
  • Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance 2022: Side letters - Pitfalls and perils for a financing
    24 January 2022
    Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance 2022
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • 2021/2022 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
    January 2022
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jennifer L. Chu
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Eric T. Juergens
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Nicholas P. Pellicani
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Marshal L. Bozzo
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Andrew J. Gershon
    ,
    Emily F. Huang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Charles Cartiglia
    ,
    Robert T. Dura
    ,
    Matthew J. Sacco
    ,
    Sheng Shao
    ,
    Sergio Torres
    ,
    Charlotte A. Walkovik
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Christopher Gossage
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Sheena Paul
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Lukas Ott
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Ulysses Smith
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Ina C. Popova
    ,
    Samantha J. Rowe
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Eric Dinallo
    ,
    Marilyn A. Lion
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Nicholas F. Potter
    ,
    Kim T. Le
    ,
    Adam Aukland-Peck
    ,
    Melissa Runsten
    ,
    Matthew Mrozek
    ,
    Michael C. Godbe
    ,
    Christel Y. Tham
    ,
    Lisa Wang Lachowicz
    ,
    Yiran Ji
  • Private Equity International: Debevoise & Plimpton on a new string in fund finance’s bow
    31 January 2021
    Private Equity International
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance 2021: Side letters - Pitfalls and perils for a financing
    22 January 2021
    Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance 2021
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
    7 January 2021
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    William D. Regner
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Maurizio Levi-Minzi
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Jay E. Evans
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Andrew L. Bab
    ,
    Jennifer L. Chu
    ,
    Paul D. Rubin
    ,
    Jacob W. Stahl
    ,
    Kim T. Le
    ,
    Jyotin Hamid
    ,
    Meir D. Katz
    ,
    Jonathan F. Lewis
    ,
    Tricia Bozyk Sherno
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Sally Bergmann Hardesty
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Luke Dembosky
    ,
    Avi Gesser
    ,
    Jim Pastore
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Malina Welman
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
  • Private Equity International: Subscription Lines’ ESG Revolution
    1 December 2020
    Private Equity International
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • 2020 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    31 July 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Megan K. Bannigan
    ,
    David H. Bernstein
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    Jennifer R. Cestaro
    ,
    Jennifer L. Chu
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Peter J. Irwin
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    M. Natasha Labovitz
    ,
    Andrew M. Levine
    ,
    Sidney P. Levinson
    ,
    Nicole Levin Mesard
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Edward M. Rishty
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Stuart Hammer
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Christopher Dortschy
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Jennifer Wheater
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Jay E. Evans
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Wen-Wei Lai
  • Recent Developments in Fund Level Financings
    21 July 2020
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
  • GPs/LPs Weigh Options in Face of Liquidity Crunch
    14 April 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Katherine Ashton
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Ezra Borut
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Geoffrey P. Burgess
    ,
    E. Drew Dutton
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
  • Fund Level Financings: Ten Considerations for Capital Call Facility Borrowers through the COVID-19 Crisis
    8 April 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Jane Engelhardt
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Marc Ponchione
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Justin Storms
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Victoria G. J. Brown
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
  • COVID-19 and Private Equity: The Impact of Financing Disruptions on Private Equity Portfolio Companies and Funds
    31 March 2020
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Jeffrey E. Ross
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance: Side Letters – Perils and Pitfalls for a Financing
    23 January 2020
    Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • 2019/2020 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
    19 December 2019
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Lorna Bowen
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Samantha J. Rowe
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Dominic Blaxill
    ,
    Conway Blake
    ,
    Tom Cornell
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Felix Paterson
    ,
    Ryan T. Rafferty
  • Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium – A Two-Part Summary
    27 September 2019
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Andrew M. Ostrognai
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium – A Two-Part Summary
    26 September 2019
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Andrew M. Ostrognai
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • 2019 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    23 July 2019
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Andrew Ford
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Morgan J. Hayes
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Steven J. Slutzky
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Jin-Hyuk Jang
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • The Private Equity Report Spring, 2019, Vol 19, No 1
    9 May 2019
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Alexander R. Cochran
    ,
    Jeffrey P. Cunard
    ,
    Gregory V. Gooding
    ,
    William D. Regner
    ,
    Paul M. Rodel
    ,
    Shannon Rose Selden
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Dr. Clare Swirski
    ,
    John Young
    ,
    Daniel Hoborough
    ,
    Kristen A. Matthews
    ,
    Eric Olmesdahl
    ,
    Daniel Priest
  • Global Fund Finance Symposium – a 10-point Summary of the NAV/Hybrid Facilities Panel
    1 April 2019
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Daniel Hoborough
  • Global Fund Finance Symposium — a 10-Point Summary
    26 March 2019
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Daniel Hoborough
  • Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance: Side Letters – Perils and Pitfalls for a Financing
    1 March 2019
    Global Legal Insights Guide to Fund Finance
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • Fund Finance is Here to Stay
    29 January 2019
    Private Equity International
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Fund Finance - the Year Ahead: Will Borrower Friendly Trends Continue in the Expanding Market?
    28 January 2019
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Anna Moore
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • 2018/2019 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
    20 December 2018
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    John W. Rife III
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Ramya S. Tiller
    ,
    Richard Ward
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Paul Eastham
    ,
    Samuel D. Krawiecz
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • European Fund Finance Symposium – a Ten Point Summary
    29 October 2018
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    Daniel Hoborough
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • What you need to know about sub lines for SMAs
    24 August 2018
    Private Debt Investor
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • 2018 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
    9 August 2018
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Christopher Anthony
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Satish M. Kini
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • Asia-Pacific Fund Finance Symposium – A Ten-Point Summary
    13 June 2018
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Notes from the Global Fund Finance Symposium
    26 March 2018
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Michael P. McGuigan
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    Victoria G. J. Brown
  • Side letters: Pitfalls and perils for a financing
    15 February 2018
    Global Legal Insights to Fund Finance: 2018
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Margaret M. O'Neill
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • Mega-funds and their mega-financings
    12 February 2018
    Private Equity International
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Felix Paterson
  • 2018 Private Equity Review and Outlook
    21 December 2017
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Catherine Amirfar
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Paul S. Bird
    ,
    Andrew J. Ceresney
    ,
    Peter A. Furci
    ,
    Robert B. Kaplan
    ,
    Rafael Kariyev
    ,
    Julie M. Riewe
    ,
    Kevin M. Schmidt
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
  • Fund Finance Focus: Don’t Neglect The Positives
    19 July 2017
    Private Debt Investor
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Almas Daud
  • Funds Finance Focus: Impact of the ILPA Guidance
    5 July 2017
    Jonathan Adler
    ,
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Craig A. Bowman
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Sally Gibson
    ,
    Geoffrey Kittredge
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Andrew M. Ostrognai
    ,
    David J. Schwartz
    ,
    Rebecca F. Silberstein
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Almas Daud
    ,
    John W. Rife III
  • Fund Finance Trends in Asia
    28 June 2017
    Gavin Anderson
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Andrew M. Ostrognai
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • Direct Lending by Funds: A Comparison of the Key EU Jurisdictions
    23 May 2017
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Patricia Volhard
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Philippe Tengelmann
  • ECB Publishes Final Guidance on Leveraged Transactions
    17 May 2017
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • European Central Bank Issues Draft Guidance on Leveraged Transactions
    13 December 2016
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Pierre Maugüé
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Philippe Tengelmann
    ,
    Dr. Friedrich Popp
  • Changing Tides for Subscription Line Facilities
    2 March 2016
    Private Equity International
    Thomas Smith
  • Renaissance In European Second Lien Financings
    9 February 2015
    Financial News: Private Equity News
    Thomas Smith
  • Pushing the Boundaries
    March 2014
    International Financial Law Review
    E. Raman Bet-Mansour
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • European Issuers Push HY Boundaries
    17 February 2014
    International Financial Law Review
    E. Raman Bet-Mansour
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • More on the UK Takeover Code: Increased Debt Financing Disclosure
    Winter 2012
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Thomas Smith
  • The Private Equity Report
    Winter 2012
    Matthew E. Kaplan
    ,
    David Innes
    ,
    Alan J. Davies
    ,
    Thomas Smith
    ,
    Kevin Rinker
    ,
    Gary E. Murphy
    ,
    Kenneth J. Berman
    ,
    Andrew M. Ostrognai
    ,
    Jeffrey E. Ross
    ,
    Scott B. Selinger
    ,
    David A. Brittenham

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  • Pref Equity and Nav Financing; GP Financing Tools
    3 October 2024
    Invest Europe
    Fund Secondary Transactions
    London, UK
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • Panel on behalf of NAV Facilities
    14 March 2024
    Fund Finance Association (FFA)
    FFA Conference
    Virtual
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • Fund Finance Dinner Discussion
    14 November 2023
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP & Avardi
    London, UK
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  • Dragons Den: Recent Fund Finance Trends and Developments
    28 June 2022
    The Fund Finance Association
    European Fund Finance Symposium
    London, UK
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • ESG Issues in Fund Finance
    20 November 2020
    The Fund Finance Association
    Virtual Fund Finance Symposium
    Webcast
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • PE NAV Financing – The Market, Sponsor Liquidity Options, Structures and Terms
    2 November 2020
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Webinar
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    13 October 2020
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Webinar
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  • Fund-Level Liquidity Options, Including Preferred Equity and Fund Financing Market Update
    18 May 2020
    Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
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  • COVID-19 & Private Equity: Impact of Financing Disruptions on Portfolio Companies and Funds
    26 March 2020
    Debevoise
    Webcast
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  • NAV/Hybrid Facilities
    24-26 March 2019
    Fund Finance Association
    9th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium
    Miami, Florida
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • Hedging & Risk Management
    7 November 2018
    Investec
    Hedging & Risk Management Masterclass
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  • Form Follows Function
    24 October 2018
    Fund Finance Association
    4th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium
    London, UK
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
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  • Trends in Fund Finance
    27 June 2018
    British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
    BVCA Fund Finance Seminar
    London, UK
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  • Latest Trends in Fund Finance, including Hybrid and NAV Facilities at Fund Level
    16 January 2018
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Fund Finance Dinner Discussion
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Fund Financing
    12 October 2017
    British Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
    BVCA Summit, 2017
    London, UK
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
    Speaking Engagements
  • Global Perspectives on Fund Finance
    11 October 2017
    Fund Finance Association
    3rd Annual European Fund Finance Symposium
    London, UK
    Speaker: Thomas Smith
    Speaking Engagements
  • Latest Trends in Terms in the U.S. and European Leveraged Loan Markets
    11 May 2017
    Debevoise & Covenant Review
    Leveraged Loan Terms: Trends and Risks
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, London
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