Overview
The right capital structure and financing terms are critical to achieving investment objectives in the highly-leveraged world. With our finger on the pulse of the latest market trends and creativity to forge cutting-edge technologies, we offer clients a competitive advantage.
The strength of our practice across borders provides clients with a global single-point access to a leading leveraged finance platform:
- Acquisition financings
- Syndicated credit facilities
- High-yield bond offerings
- Bridge financings
- Mezzanine financings
- Asset-based financing structures, including ABL facilities, asset-monetization and whole company securitizations
Clients
- Altamont Capital
- American Industrial Partners
- Audax Group
- Bain Capital
- Baring Private Equity Asia
- Berkshire Partners
- The Blackstone Group
- Castanea Partners
- CCMP Capital
- Charlesbank Capital Partners
- Cressey & Co.
- Genstar Capital
- Golden Gate Capital
- Hellman & Friedman
- H.I.G. Capital
- KarpReilly
- Kohlberg & Co.
- Madison Dearborn Partners
- Metalmark Capital
- Silver Lake Partners
- Thoma Bravo
- TPG Capital
- TSG Consumer Partners
- Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
Experience
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with the financing for its acquisition of World Wide Packaging and a Chinese packaging manufacturer.
- Advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in connect with its acquisition financing of Tesco/Homeplus in South Korea. [Named Deal of the Year in 2015/2016 by multiple publications including the Asian Lawyer, The American Lawyer, Asian-Mena Counsel and Asian Legal Business.]
- Advised Bain Capital on the sale by Toshiba Corp. of its semiconductor business to a group that includes Apple Inc., Seagate, Kingston, Hoya, Dell Technologies Inc. and SK Hynix, valued at ¥2 trillion. It is the largest leveraged buyout and private equity deal ever in Asia, and also among the most complex M&A transactions globally in 2017 and 2018.
- Advised American Industrial Partners in connection with obtaining $1.23 billion of debt financing for its acquisition of Moly-Cop, the largest manufacturer and supplier of grinding media to mining operations worldwide.
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Blue Coat Systems, an IT security solutions provider.
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of TI Automotive Systems, a leading provider of fluid storage, carrying, and delivery systems to automotive manufacturers.
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Innocor, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced foam products for the bedding industry.
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with obtaining financing for its purchase of a controlling stake in MKM, the UK’s largest independent builders’ merchant.
- Advised Bain Capital in connection with obtaining financing for a controlling stake in MKM, the UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant.
- Advised Baring Private Equity in connection with obtaining financing for the acquisition of a 40% stake in Weetabix and the financing for its leveraged acquisition in a Japanese business.
- Advised Berkshire Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Masergy Communications, the largest independent software defined networking platform in the world.
- Advised CCMP Capital Advisors in connection with obtaining financing for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Truck Hero, a leading provider of highly functional aftermarket accessories for pickup trucks and Jeeps.
- Advised Golden Gate Capital in connection with obtaining $565 million in debt financing for its acquisition of Bob Evans Restaurants, owner and operators of more than 500 family restaurants in the Untied States.
- Advised Golden Gate Capital in connection with obtaining financing for the acquisition of Cole-Parmer, a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of specialty lab equipment with particular expertise in fluid-handling, test and measurement, and electrochemistry.
- Advised Intermediate Capital Group in connection with obtaining $5.3 billion in debt financing for the acquisition of Visma, a leading supplier of business software and services.
- Advised Kohlberg & Co. in connection with obtaining financing for the acquisition of CIBT Global, Inc., a provider of travel visa and immigration services to corporations, travel management companies, and individuals.
- Advised Samsonite in structuring and obtaining $1.25 billion of term loan A financing, $675 million of term loan B financing and $500 million in revolving commitments in connection with its acquisition of Tumi.
- Advised Silver Lake Partners in connection with obtaining $4.5 billion in debt financing for its acquisition of SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software.