Fergus joined the Finance group of Ropes & Gray’s London office in 2010. He was previously with the Dublin office of A&L Goodbody and with the London and New York offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Fergus has acted for a large number of private equity sponsors, investment banks, and financial institutions in relation to a broad range of domestic and cross-border leveraged buy outs and acquisition financings.
Representative Clients and Matters
- Acting for Bain Capital LLC in the $2.1bn acquisition of Skylark Co. Ltd, one of Japan’s largest restaurant chains, from Nomura Holdings Inc.
- Acting for Bain Capital in financing the $1.3bn acquisition of Australian accounting software company, MYOB.
- Acting for the mezzanine lenders providing €395 million of secured mezzanine debt in connection with financing and structuring the acquisition of Swedish security group, Securitas Direct AB, by Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman.
- Acting for The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in connection with the financing of its acquisition of UK company, Chaucer Holdings Plc.
- Acting for certain mezzanine lenders to KCA Deutag Oil Services Group, including funds managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., EIG Management Company, LLC and GoldenTree Asset Management LP, in connection with KCA’s financial restructuring.
Representative Clients and Matters prior to joining the firm include:
- Acting for Hellman & Friedman LLC in connection with the acquisition of HostelWorld.com and Web Reservations International.
- Acting for Goldman Sachs PIA in relation to the €1.3 billion acquisition of the cable and wireless division of Pirelli & C. SpA.
- Acting for Bank of America as senior lender in relation to the insolvency of crystal manufacturer, Waterford Wedgwood plc.
- Acting for Cinven in relation to the £1.44 billion acquisition of the hospital operations and assets of BUPA and the €675 million acquisition of Spanish private healthcare group, USP Hospitales S.A.
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Education
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LLB (Law and French), Trinity College Dublin, 2000
Bar Admissions
- England and Wales, Solicitor, 2010
- Ireland, Solicitor, 2004
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