Leverage Finance

• Advised the lead arrangers and initial purchasers in relation to the financing for Advent International’s £2.67 billion public-to-private acquisition of aerospace and defense company, Ultra plc.
• Advised the initial purchasers, including global coordinators Barclays and Goldman Sachs, in connection with a c$1.6 billion equivalent financing package in relation to Nordic Capital’s acquisition of international specialty pharmaceutical company Advanz Pharma Corp. Limited.
• Advised the arrangers and underwriters, including lead arrangers Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Citibank, in relation to the c£2.5 billion first lien/second lien financing of Advent International’s public-to-private bid to acquire Cobham plc.
• Advised initial purchasers, including lead arrangers Bank of America, Goldman Sachs andMorgan Stanley, in relation to the c$3.5 billion loan and notes financing for Bain Capital’s acquisition of research, data and insight business Kantar from WPP plc.

High-Yield Notes

• Advised the initial purchasers, including lead coordinators Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, in connection with a number of senior notes issued by CSC Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Altice USA, totaling over time more than $10 billion.
• Advised Boparan Holdings Limited in connection with the refinancing of their existing senior notes and existing term and revolving loans by way of the issuance of £525 million senior notes (including additional notes) and £90 million ssRCF.
• Advised Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, and Standard Bank as joint global coordinators in connection with the issuance of $975 million senior notes (including additional notes) by HTA Group, Ltd, telecommunications tower infrastructure company.
• Advised Bank of America as global coordinator in connection with the debut high-yield $300 million notes issuance of Zorlu Yenilenebilir Enerji, renewable energy leader in Turkey, part of the Zorlu Enerji.

Investment Grade Notes

• Advised the dealers, including lead arranger Morgan Stanley, in connection with the updates of the $20 billion U.S. Medium-Term Note Program of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) and a series of takedowns of notes thereunder.
• Advised Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. in connection with the updates of its $50 billion Medium-Term Note Programme and a series of takedowns of notes thereunder.
• Advised the dealers, including lead arranger J.P. Morgan, in connection with the updates of the $10 billion U.S. Medium-Term Note Program of KEB Hana Bank and a series of takedowns of notes thereunder.

Equity

• Advised Abry Partners and Link Mobility Group, leading mobile communications provider, in connection with Link Mobility Group’s initial public offering.

Restructuring

• Advised EA Partners, Etihad Airways alliance partners’ airline, cargo and airport service businesses, in connection with their restructuring negotiations of their c$1.5 billion senior notes.