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Chad Parkinson is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s finance practice group, based in London.
Chad trained at the firm’s London office and gained experience in the finance, private equity transactions, asset management, and private equity real estate groups.
Experience
Telecoms and Digital Infrastructure
- Acted for Liberty Global, DigitalBridge and AtlasEdge on:
- a €725 million financing in connection with the joint venture acquisition of European data centres
- a €253 million greenfield financing to support the development of its state-of-the-art data centre campus in Lisbon
- Acted for Sunrise Communications AG (Sunrise):
- on a new issuance by Sunrise Financing Partnership of $1,300 million of Term Loan B debt due 2032
- in connection with the issuance of €550 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2032
- on a privately placed bond add-on issuance of €385 million of 4.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 by Sunrise Finco I B.V., and a term loan facility AAA1 of $650 million entered into by Sunrise Financing Partnership
- Acted for Virgin Media O2 on two complex high yield bond issuances: €600 million of its Senior Secured Notes due 2032, in accordance with Virgin Media O2’s Green Bond Framework; and $750 million of its Senior Secured Notes due 2032
- Acted for Vodafone Ziggo on two high-yield bond offerings in respect of $600 million Senior Secured Notes due 2033 and €650 million Senior Secured Notes due 2033, each issued by VZ Secured Financing B.V.
- Acted for Cable & Wireless Communications Limited, a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, in connection with a $755.0 million senior notes offering and $1.5 billion term loan facility and revolving credit commitment increase and extension
- Acted for Liberty Servicios Fijos LY (formerly known as Cabletica), a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America, on a $450 million financing package provided by IDB Invest
- Acted for a family office in connection with a senior and mezzanine real estate loan financing in an aggregate principal amount of €775 million secured by one of the world’s largest data centres
Selected Private Equity Deals
- Acted for TPG’s The Rise Fund on the financing related to its majority investment in Outcomes First Group
- Acted for Avista Healthcare Partners on:
- the financing related to its investment in PK Benelux, a key player in the market for vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) in the Netherlands, through a strategic partnership
- the financing related to its acquisition of Terrats Medical
- Acted for Bridgepoint on:
- the financing related to its investment in Fera Science Limited, a leading provider of business process services
- the financing related to its investment in Monica Vinader, an award-winning British luxury jewellery brand
- Acted for Kohlberg & Co. on the English aspects of a dual asset-backed and term loan financing for the ski business of K2 Sports
Fund Financing
- Acted for a real estate fund in connection with a capital call subscription facility
- Acted for GCM Grosvenor, on behalf of funds it manages, on its investment in Zenzic Capital
Selected Lender Experience
- Acted for BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and the other lead arrangers on a term loan A financing to support the bolt-on acquisition of Atos Italia by Apax portfolio company, Lutech
- Represented a club of lenders in relation to the refinancing of the debt facilities of a European audiovisual production and media rights management company
- Acted for Monarch Capital on a super senior term loan B liquidity financing in respect of the Boparan Group
- Acted for Goldman Sachs and the lead banks on a £555 million equivalent senior secured notes and super senior RCF refinancing of the Boparan Group
Credentials
Awards
Disclaimer
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