Paul, Weiss Adds Debt Finance Partner to London Team

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Stefan Arnold-Soulby, a specialist in debt finance, will be joining the firm in London as a partner in the Corporate Department. Arnold-Soulby represents financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on a range of multijurisdictional complex financings, with a focus on leveraged buyouts of public and private companies.

“We are thrilled to welcome Stefan to our partnership as we continue to strengthen our private equity capabilities across the European and U.K. markets,” said Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad S. Karp. “Stefan’s expertise in providing financing solutions across the capital structure to some of the most sophisticated private equity firms in the market will be an asset to our clients.”

“Stefan’s experience advising on complex financings for top private equity firms bolsters our capabilities in London and Europe, and we are excited to welcome him to our firm,” said Scott A. Barshay, chair of the Paul, Weiss Corporate Department.

Arnold-Soulby has advised on the financing aspects of a wide variety of multibillion-dollar transactions for well-known private equity firms, including Bain Capital Private Equity, Investindustrial, Searchlight and Warburg Pincus, among numerous others. He also represents clients in take-private transactions; direct and hybrid real estate financings, including the financings of take-private transactions involving REITs, for clients such as Brookfield Asset Management and Global Logistics Properties; margin loan financings; preferred equity financings; and other bespoke financing solutions at all tiers of the capital structure and stages in the investment cycle.

Arnold-Soulby earned his Legal Practice Course, with Distinction, from the University of Law in London; his Graduate Diploma in Law from City University in London; and his B.A., with honors, from the University of Durham.