Debt & Capital Advisory

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We help you design your credit story and optimise the capital structure, selecting the most appropriate facilities with the right lenders to fund your growth ambitions.

Debt capital markets are extensive and deeply liquid, with many options for borrowers of all sizes. Whether you’re a corporate, sponsor or institutional investor, you need to navigate this market in a smart and informed way to access the optimal capital structure for value creation.

We can help you find the right lender and type of debt products. Our team of deeply experienced experts know the debt market and will help you design and achieve the best funding options.

Raising debt

Raising new debt facilities for M&A/acquisition finance, capex, working capital, and general corporate purposes, including ESG-based financing such as green loans, social bonds and sustainability-linked loans.

Refinancing debt

Refinancing existing debt facilities to optimise the capital structure, improve pricing, extend maturities, and recapitalisations.

Borrowers and sponsors

Working with corporate borrowers and private equity financial sponsors across the mid-market and large cap market.

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Christopher McLean

Partner, Head of Debt & Capital Advisory

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Why Grant Thornton

We act as a strategic sounding board, testing and challenging assumptions and facilitating debate within your leadership and investor teams. By gaining a unique understanding of your strategic ambitions, we can advise on the funding options available to support your business and deliver value for your stakeholders.

We're the number one corporate financer adviser in the UK – we see more transactions than anyone else in the market and have a unique insight to offer to our clients.

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Awards

Top EMEA Restructuring Advisor 2025

Top EMEA Restructuring Advisor 2024

Top EMEA Mid Market Restructuring Advisor 2023

Hub

Capital Thinking: analysis of current debt and financing market insights

Expert insights from our UK debt advisory specialists, who can help you to navigate the complex lending landscape and wider debt markets.

Report

ESG and access to capital: the mid-market needs to stay alert

How is ESG influencing mid-market lending in 2024? Find out with the results of our annual survey of UK-based lenders.

Who we work with

Our debt advisory team specialise in working with:

Financial sponsors
Privately-owned corporates
Listed corporates
Family offices
Asset managers and institutional investors (including pension, insurance, real estate, and CLO funds)
Real estate investors
Infrastructure investors
Landlords
Asset-based lending (ABL) funders
Special situations investors
Islamic finance providers
Regulators

Case study

The client

Our client was a market-leading, independently owned corporate within the business support services sector. They provided soft facilities management solutions including cleaning, security, compliance and catering services to blue-chip...

The problem

Our client needed to raise £50 million through a combination of asset based lending (ABL) and unitranche. This structure is gaining more popularity across the marketplace, particularly with companies who have both good asset bases and...

Our solution

We drove a competitive process leveraging our extensive sector knowledge, experience and network of funders across the capital spectrum. During the transaction, our team was also on hand to advise on an off-market acquisition and refinance...