Thierry Arachtingi

All matters completed prior to joining Ropes & Gray

Relevant experience includes advising:

Leveraged Finance

• Crédit Agricole CIB, Société Générale and UniCredit on sustainability-linked TLB granted to Sulo, a portfolio company of Latour Capital and BPI France, the European leader in recycling plastic and smart-waste solutions, for the financing of its existing financial indebtedness
• Ares Management Ltd:
  • On the financing of the acquisition of the Crystal group by Goldman Sachs
  • On the financing of the acquisition of the Cleva group by Anacap
  • On the financing of the acquisition of Quick Restaurant by H.I.G. Capital and on the subsequent refinancing of its indebtedness
  • On the refinancing of the Amethyst group (owned by TRG)
  • On the financing of the acquisition of Laboratoire XO by Stanley Capital Partners
  • On the financing of the acquisition of Laboratoire XO and Cardixo by Novalpina Capital Partners
  • On the financing of the initial acquisition of Primonial by Bridgepoint and the subsequent acquisition of La Financière de l’Echiquier by Primonial, and on the € 1 billion refinancing of its indebtedness
• BNP Paribas and CACIB in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Bruneau by Towerbrook
• PAI Partners:
  • On the financing of its acquisition of leading international game publisher and developer Asmodee Group from Eurazeo
  • On the financing of its acquisition of the B&B Hotels group from Carlyle and Montefiore
• Permira on the financing of its acquisition of the Vacalians group and the subsequent refinancing of its indebtedness
• Exclusive Networks on the refinancing of its existing financial indebtedness in the context of the take-private initiated by CD&R and Permira
• CDPQ on the super senior bond financing of the acquisition of Lagarrigue by Naxicap Partners
• BNP Paribas, Caisse d'Epargne, CIC, HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada and Société Générale on the super senior financing of the acquisition of ECG and the subsequent acquisition of Vacanceselect by PAI Partners
• Barclays, Citigroup, DB and Société Générale on the financing of the acquisition of Etypharm by PAI Partners
• Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, ING and Bank of Ireland on the financing of the acquisition of Elitech by PAI Partners
• Barings, Capza and SMBC on the financing of the initial acquisition of Questel by IK Investment Partners and the subsequent investment by Eurazeo Capital in Questel alongside IK Investment Partners
• UniCredit in connection with the holdco financing of the acquisition of Bioclinica by ERT
• Pemberton on the unitranche financing for the acquisition of Sterimed by Sagard
• BNP Paribas and Société Générale on the financing of the acquisition of Courir by Equistone
• BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB on the financing of the acquisition of Bruneau by Equistone
• HSBC and UniCredit on the financing of the acquisition by Astorg of a stake in Echosens
• JP Morgan, Société Générale and UniCredit on the financing of the acquisition of Saint Hubert by a consortium composed of Fosun and Sanyuan
• Natixis on the financing of the acquisition of Groupe Ponroy by 3i
• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Société Générale on the financing of the simplified tender offer of Tarkett Participation over Tarkett SA

Corporate Acquisition Finance

• Crédit Agricole CIB, Natixis and Société Générale on the financing of the acquisition of Equans from Engie by Bouygues group
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC and Morgan Stanley on the financing of the acquisition of Suez by Veolia
• Crédit Suisse on the financing of the acquisition of Aviva France by Aéma
• Dassault Systèmes on the financing of its $5.8 billion acquisition of U.S. clinical trial data company Medidata Solutions
• BNP Paribas on the financing of the acquisition of Ablynx by Sanofi
• JP Morgan on the financing of the acquisition by AXA of XL Group, one of the global leaders in damage insurance for businesses and reinsurance, for a total consideration of €12.4 billion
• AccorInvest Group on the €4.5 billion facilities granted by Banco Santander, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole CIB, Natixis and Société Générale for the financing of its public offer over Orbis, a listed company in Poland

Funds Formation and Funds Financing

• A French bank on the formation of a private debt fund
• The lenders in connection with a NAV facility for a French mid-cap private equity fund
• Montefiore:
  • On a €200 million capital call facility
  • On the equity bridge financing for Montefiore Investment IV
• Eurazeo on the equity bridge financings for Eurazeo Capital III and Eurazeo Capital IV
• Cathay Capital on the equity bridge financing for Sino French (Midcap) Fund II
• Qualium Investissement on the equity bridge financing for QF II Facility and Qualium Fund II FPCI
• Kartesia on the equity bridge financing for Kartesia Credit Opportunities IV

Corporate Finance

• Renault on its €5 billion French State-guaranteed facility (PGE) granted by BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Natixis and Société Générale
• Airbus on its €15 billion general corporate purpose revolving facility granted by JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC and Société Générale
• Technip Energies on the financing of its spinoff transaction
• BNP Paribas, HSBC and other lenders on a sustainability-linked credit facility granted to Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin
• BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Natixis on a €240 million French State-guaranteed loan (PGE) granted to Pierre et Vacances
• MUFG Bank and other lenders on a $1 billion financing for the general corporate purposes of the AXA Group and the issuance of a letter of credit for the general corporate purposes of the AXA Group