Ropes & Gray represented the mezzanine lenders on the acquisition of leading German medical supplies manufacturer BSN Medical by Swedish private equity house EQT for an enterprise value of €1.82 billion ($2.2 billion). EQT’s fund VI purchased BSN Medical from Montagu in a senior and mezzanine lender deal. The mezzanine lenders were comprised of Highbridge, MV Credit, Partners Group and J.P. Morgan, among others, providing €391.5m ($493 million).
The Ropes & Gray team included associates Bettina Kloubert and Ben Morris on the finance side. Latham & Watkins advised the senior lenders with senior arrangers being: J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. EQT were advised by Baker & McKenzie (finance) and Freshfields (corporate) and Montagu, the vendor’s, counsel were advised by Clifford Chance.
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