Sean Darling is a partner in the Global Finance practice, London’s Leveraged Finance team and a member of the Firm’s Private Capital industry group.
Sean handles complex financing matters for lenders, sponsors, borrowers, and portfolio companies and focuses on leveraged, infrastructure and acquisition financing transactions as well as bespoke structures, with a particular focus on industrially innovative sectors and real assets.
Sean spent one year on secondment to Partner’s Group: negotiating, structuring and executing private credit, special situations, infrastructure, co-investment, impact, fund financing, minority and growth equity transactions.
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“” Law360, July 2025
“” Infra Debt & The Energy Transition report, Private Debt Investor (July/August 2025)
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Winner of “Banking & Finance Team of the Year” at the 2024 British Legal Awards for the syndicated infrastructure financing of American Industrial Partners’ double acquisition of AquaShip and Intership
Winner of “High Yield Deal of the Year” at the IFLR Americas Awards 2025 for representing the initial purchasers on the offering of $1.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured second lien notes by First Quantum Minerals
Shortlisted for “Finance Team of the Year” at The Lawyer 2024 Awards in recognition of AtlasEdge's hybrid infrastructure and leverage financing
Shortlisted for "Loan Deal of the Year" at IFLR Europe 2024 for AtlasEdge's hybrid infrastructure and leverage financing
Prior to joining Proskauer, Sean’s representative matters include advising:
Digital Infrastructure
Transport
Industrials and Energy
Social Infrastructure and Healthcare
Other Selected Deals