Alexandru Mocanu

Counsel
Languages: Romanian, French, Italian
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Alexandru Mocanu is counsel in the finance department of Ropes & Gray’s London office. 

Alexandru regularly represents private equity sponsors, borrowers as well as arrangers, underwriters, bank syndicates and private credit funds in cross-border acquisition financing transactions, corporate reorganisations and refinancing transactions, executed under New York or English law in the U.S., European, Asian and Latin American finance markets.

Prior to joining Ropes & Gray in April 2015, Alexandru worked in both New York and London at another international U.S. firm

Experience

Selected experience includes advising:

  • subsidiaries of Optimum Communications (formerly Altice USA), a telecommunication company, in connection with a $2 billion term loan facility, followed by a $1.1 billion incremental term loan facility.
  • Altice France S.A. and Altice France Holding S.A. on the launch of their historic balance sheet restructuring involving more than €24 billion of debt.
  • InfraBuild, Australia's largest vertically integrated steel long manufacturer, on a number of its debt financing transactions, including multiple notes issuances and liability management exercises, and a $350 million asset-backed term loan. 
  • Cablevision Funding LLC, a subsidiary of Optimum Communications, on a $1 billion asset-backed term loan facility in partnership with Goldman Sachs and TPG Angelo Gordon, a first-of-its-kind infrastructure-backed financing in the broadband communications industry.
  • Tillman Infrastructure, a leading, scaled macro tower and digital infrastructure U.S. business, on a $850 million private placement and earlier on a $500 million term loan facility with a syndicate of lenders.
  • Sotheby's, the world's premier destination for art and luxury, on a range of financing transactions totalling more than $2.2 billion, including high yield bond, term loan and revolving credit facilities.
  • Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Mizuho on all the financing elements of Outbrain’s acquisition of Teads, involving bridge, revolving credit facilities and high yield bond financing totalling more than $1.3 billion.
  • Cable & Wireless Communications Limited, a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America Ltd., in connection with bond and loan refinancing transactions to proactively address near-term debt maturities totalling more than $3.8 billion. Tillman FiberCo, a leading developer of open-access fiber infrastructure, on its $1 billion infrastructure financing transaction supporting the deployment of fiber-to-the-home networks throughout Florida.
  • EQT Private Capital Asia  on the debt financings supporting the $2.76 billion acquisition of Tricor Group and the subsequent merger of Tricor and Vistra, creating a combined company with a market value of up to $6.5 billion
  • Liberty Telecomunicaciones de Costa Rica LY, a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, on a US$100 million financing to support the continued expansion of 5G coverage in Costa Rica.
  • Liberty Servicios Fijos LY (formerly Cabletica), a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, on a number of its debt financing transactions, including sustainability-linked bond and financing supporting its acquisition of Telefonica Costa Rica.
  • Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, on a $500 million Term Loan B used for refinancing purposes.
  • various Altice group entities, including Altice France, Altice USA, Altice International and Next Alt, on acquisition financings (including the acquisitions of Cablevision, Suddenlink and Covage, multiple acquisitions by XpFibre Holding, and the take-private of Altice Europe), strategic divestitures (including the sale of 49.99% interest in Lightpath), infrastructure financings and capital structure transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $25 billion.
  • Samsonite, the world’s largest travel luggage company, on its first ever European high yield offering of €350 million 3.5% senior notes due 2026. 

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