Daniel Gendron

Prior to joining Willkie in 2022, Daniel was a partner at Linklaters LLP.

Daniel is recognised by Chambers UK (2025), where clients note “Dan can get even the most difficult deals done with a pragmatic, commercial, sensible approach, drawing on his wide experience” and “He makes complex legal concepts easily digestible.” He is also ranked as a “Notable Practitioner” by the ILFR 1000 (2025) for both Sponsor Side and Lender side Bank lending, and is recognized by The Legal 500 UK (2025) for Acquisition Finance as a Key Lawyer.

Daniel is an occasional speaker at Loan Markets Association conferences, speaking about topics such as leveraged inter-creditor terms and multi-layered capital structures.

Daniel has advised on the following significant matters:

• CVC Capital Partners on:
  
  • the €1.6 billion syndicated refinancing for Syntegon, a global technology company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food industries
  • the financing for its acquisition of a stake in Sunday Natural, a leading brand for premium vitamins, minerals and supplements
  • the financing for the acquisition (by its portfolio company, The Quality Group) of BUM Energy and RAW Nutrition
  • the financing aspects of its sale of a significant minority stake in Sebia, a leading provider of invitro diagnostics, to Warburg Pincus
• Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP on:
  • the financing of its acquisition, with support from Afendis Capital Management, of ice cream producer YSCO 
  • the debut syndicated TLB issuance of the Glacier Group, one of the world's largest third-party ice cream manufacturing platforms
• Investcorp Technology Partners in the financing of its acquisition of software solutions firm NetRom
• Platinum Equity on: 
  
  • the financing for its acquisition of Sunrise Medical, a world leader in advanced assistive mobility solutions, from Nordic Capital
  • the financing for its acquisition of Imerys’ High Temperature Solutions business (now known as Calderys)
• Searchlight Capital Partners on its recommended final cash offer for the entire share capital of London-listed Gresham House plc, a specialist alternative asset manager
• STG on:
  • the financing for its acquisition of Formpipe Software AB’s Public Sector business
  • the financing for its acquisition of Sikri AS, a provider of critical public administration software
  • the refinancing of various European portfolio companies
• Triton on the financing for Tendra Technical Services
• Barings and Cheyne Capital in financing to support Balaena’s acquisition of APCL Group, a leading British marine engineering company
• A leading global alternative credit provider on the provision of a structured liquidity facility to the portfolio company (chemicals sector) of a major global financial sponsor 
• A leading European capital solutions provider on the provision of a hybrid capital financing to a DACH-based portfolio company (healthcare sector) of a major global financial sponsor
• Cerberus Capital Management:
  
  • and its portfolio company Worldwide Flight Services in implementing financing under the US CARES Act in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as in respect to the financing of various bolt-on acquisitions and WFS’s successful bond refinancing in 2022*
  • on the financing of its successful bid for Worldwide Flight Services*
  • in respect of a confidential bridge loan and capital structure reorganization relating to a company in the telecommunications sector*

*Daniel advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.