Global Debt Advisory
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Financial Strategy and Capital Structure Advisory
Our professional advisors help clients evaluate strategic financing issues including:
- Capital structure choice
- Debt capacity in relation to strategic objectives
- Financial policy formulation
- Funding optimization
Rating Advisory
Empowering clients with crucial decision-making tools, credit ratings play a vital role for both internal and external stakeholders. Our dedicated team of professionals is committed to assisting you in effectively managing your credit ratings and relationships with major local and international rating agencies.
This encompasses support for obtaining initial ratings, guidance on potential rating impacts of strategic decisions, assistance in formulating upgrade and ratings defense strategies, financial policy articulation and aid in comprehending the rating agencies' approach to ESG. Keeping abreast of the latest rating agency insights, we aim to guide clients in designing optimal rating strategies.
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Meet our team
Darren Jones is the head of Global Banking. He is a member of the CIB Global Executive Committee and the Banking & Corporate Finance Global Executive Committee.
Darren joined Santander in January 2018 as Head of UK Banking & Corporate Finance. Prior to this, Darren spent over 30 years with Barclays, where he was Head of UK & Ireland Corporate Finance within the Investment Banking Division. Darren was responsible for raising over $400bn in debt and equity for clients in many transformational transactions. He also held a number of senior management positions, including Global Head of Structured Trade and Export Finance and Head of Capital Strategy, EMEA. Darren joined Barclays Capital in the late 1990’s from Barclays Group, where he had held a number of strategy, client management and senior project roles, both within the UK and overseas.
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