Rebecca Marques

Primary Focus & Experience

Rebecca focuses on advising underwriters, issuers and sponsors on a range of complex financings in Europe, the United States and internationally, including leveraged buyouts, and in a wide variety of international securities transactions.  Her practice and experience is broad, covering high yield debt offerings for leveraged buyouts and corporates, international capital markets transactions in general, liability management exercises and restructurings. Rebecca is one of the leading lawyers in the European high yield market, with 20 years of experience, and has led some of the most significant high yield transactions in the market.  

Recent representative engagements include:

• Advised in connection with Ardonagh’s $400M (equivalent) high yield bond offerings
• Advised on Italmatch Chemicals S.p.A.’s high yield bond offering and refinancing
• Advised initial purchasers on €250M offering of senior notes by Almirall, S.A.
• Advised on KIKO’s €540M high yield bond offering
• Advised initial purchasers and RCF lenders on financing of Apollo’s acquisition of Kelvion Group
• Advised ION Group in connection with ION Platform’s over $10B (equivalent) refinancing
• Advised Intralot in connection with Its €2.7B acquisition of Bally’s International Interactive Business and the related financings
• Advised AFE S.A. SICAV-RAIF on tender and exchange offer
• Advised Matterhorn Telecom in connection with its financing for the acquisition of Monaco Telecom
• Advised the revolving credit facility lenders and the financial advisor on the successful consent solicitation and exchange offer relating to Graanul Invest
• Advised Zegona Communications Plc in connection with refinancing
• Advised financing sources in connection with Modulaire’s €1.9B refinancing
• Advised initial purchasers on Manuchar’s €425M high yield bond offering and RCF lenders on amendment and extension of revolving credit facility
• Advised on Benteler International AG’s €600M high-yield bond offering and €1.4B senior facilities
• Advised Intralot on €2.7B acquisition of Bally’s International Interactive Business
• Advised Together on Its £500M senior secured notes due 2031
• Advised in connection with Ardonagh’s $225M and €150M high yield bond offerings
• Advised eir on Its €550M senior secured notes offering and €600M term loan repricing
• Advised on Rekeep’s €360M high yield bond offering and refinancing
• Advised in connection with Ardonagh’s $1.1B high yield bond offerings
• Advised Salt Mobile on Its Refinancing
• Advised on Flos B&B Italia S.p.A.’s high yield bond offering and refinancing
• Advised the initial purchasers and RCF lenders on the financing of the acquisition of Somacis by Bain Capital and of AT&S Korea by Somacis
• Advised the financing sources to provide a debt financing package in support of KPS Capital Partners’ acquisition of Innomotics from Siemens AG for an enterprise value of €3.5B
• Advised on financing for L. Catterton’s €1.4B acquisition of KIKO

Recognition & Accomplishments

Rebecca is recognized as a “Leading Partner” by The Legal 500 UK, “Highly Regarded” by IFLR1000 for High Yield, Band 2 for Capital Markets: High Yield by Chambers UK and is in IFLR1000 Women's Leaders as a Highly Regarded Leading Transactional Expert.

2022-2025, Rebecca has led transactions shortlisted for the IFLR “Deal of the Year.”

"Rebecca is very commercial and a key strength is her ability to get things done." 

"Rebecca is experienced and commercial."

"Rebecca stands out for her strong delivery and consistently high level of client service. She is responsive, well organised and detail-oriented, and plays a key role in ensuring transactions run smoothly and efficiently."

"What sets Rebecca apart is her calm leadership under compressed timelines and ability to drive alignment across parties with credibility and precision."

"Rebecca is expert in her field and we regard her very highly."

"She is one of the strongest HY lawyers I have ever met. Her competence and ability to solve complex problems set her apart from her peers."

“She is highly responsive and very strong technically."

“Technically excellent, a ‘hands’ on" partner.”

“Rebecca Marques shows strong client engagement and responsiveness.”

(Client Testimonials, Chambers UK and The Legal 500 UK)

Rebecca is also an active participant in pro bono work and won "Lawyer of the Year" at the 2017 Thomson Reuters TrustLaw Awards.

Rebecca is a contributor to publications and co-authored the Project Bonds Chapter in John Dewar’s International Project Finance – Law and Practice, the third edition of which published by Oxford University Press in September 2019.