19 Dec 2025

Clifford Chance Advises Lenders in Financing of Cinven's Acquisition of Artefact

"Clifford Chance advised the lenders financing Cinven's acquisition of Artefact. The transaction comprised cross-border debt financing to support Cinven's purchase of Artefact, a Paris‑headquartered data and AI consulting firm founded in 2014 that employs more than 1,700 people across 31 offices in 25 countries."

Clifford Chance advised the lenders to international private equity firm Cinven in relation to the financing to support Cinven's acquisition of Artefact. The transaction comprised cross-border debt financing arranged to support Cinven’s acquisition of Artefact, a global provider of data and artificial intelligence consulting services to large, blue‑chip enterprises. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, Artefact empowers leading global businesses to navigate technological change and unlock the competitive advantages of data and AI‑led transformation. The company employs more than 1,700 individuals and operates from 31 offices across 25 countries. Clifford Chance represented the lenders in the financing to support Cinven's acquisition of Artefact, with a team composed by: Katherine Sinclair (London debt finance partner) who led the cross‑border debt financing team, supported by senior associate Jack Edwards, associates Alexander Walker and Assisi Gifford and trainee Tobi Alao; Peter Dahlen (London debt finance partner), supported by senior associate Raad Gorji and associate Isabelle Woodcock; Pierre‑Benoit Pabot du Châtelard and Frédéric Guilloux (Paris debt finance partners), supported by associate Ophélie Han Fing; Jason Ewart (New York debt finance partner), supported by associate Daniela Chilkevitsh; and Tax partners Jemma Dick, Pierre Goyat and Avrohom Gelber, supported by associates Marco Montanaro, Hanène Zemir and Gil Shauly.
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