Oliver Sceales

Oliver brings significant experience in structuring and executing sponsor-backed leveraged buyouts in the European market, including restructurings, recapitalisations and refinancings across the capital structure. He acts exclusively for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies.

Oliver is the Head of Linklaters’ Leveraged Finance practice. He has been a partner since 2016 and joined Linklaters’ banking team in 2006.

Before joining the firm, Oliver worked for Allens, Linklaters’ integrated alliance partner in Australia.

Work highlights

Oliver has led on a number of significant complex financing transactions. Recent experience includes advising:

• Onex Partners: advising on the cov-lite financing for its acquisition of Fischback KG.
• The Carlyle Group: advising on the US$2bn cov-lite and holdco PIK financing for its acquisition of Autoform.
• The Carlyle Group: advising on the €1.32bn cov-lite financing for its acquisition of Flender GmbH.
• The Carlyle Group: advising on the cov-lite financing for its acquisition of Groupe Acrotec SA.
• The Carlyle Group: advising on the unitranche financing for its acquisition of Anthesis.
• Hg: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Focus Group. > Hg: advising on the financing for its take private acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement for Ideagen plc
• Hg: advising on the €1.4bn cov-lite financing and holdco PIK facilities for Team.blue.
• Hg: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Cube.
• The private equity arm of a top tier investment bank: advising on the cov-lite facilities for its acquisitions of B&B Hotels and Caldic B.V.

Oliver is rated by Chambers & Partners and is an occasional speaker at Loan Markets Association conferences in London.

Oliver has a law degree with honours from Bond University (Australia) and a commerce degree majoring in accounting and finance from University of Western Australia.