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Pierfrancesco Benedetti

Associate, Corporate Department

Overview

Pierfrancesco Benedetti is an associate in the London office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Benedetti focuses his practice on corporate finance transactions, with a focus on high yield debt offerings, syndicated loans, and liability management transactions.

Mr. Benedetti represents leading investment banking firms, commercial banks, private equity firms, and corporations in connection with public and private U.S. capital markets transactions, including high yield bond offerings, bank financings, syndicated institutional loans, tender offers, and consent solicitations in connection with acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, out-of-court restructurings, and other financing transactions.

Education

  • Bond University, L.L.B., 2019, First Class Honours

Representations

  • The lead arrangers and initial purchasers in connection with the issuance of €815.0 million of senior secured notes in support of Platinum Equity’s acquisition of German-headquartered assistive mobility solutions company Sunrise Medical
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a €250.0 million senior notes offering by Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A.U., a Spanish-headquartered global provider of components for vehicle interiors
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a €250.0 million senior notes offering for the Piaggio group, a leading producer of two wheeler and commercial vehicles
  • The initial purchasers in connection with an $800.0 million senior secured notes offering in connection with Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Univar Solutions, a leading global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals and ingredients
  • Matalan, a leading UK retailer, in connection with its comprehensive recapitalization transaction
  • The lead arrangers in connection with an $870.0 million term loan B incremental credit facility for Belron / Carglass, the proceeds of which were used to pay a dividend to shareholders and for general corporate purposes
  • The initial purchasers in connection with the issuance of an £815.0 million (equivalent) offering of senior secured fixed and floating rate notes to support Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Miller Homes, a leading U.K. homebuilder
  • The initial purchasers in connection with the offering of senior secured fixed and floating rate notes to support 888 Holdings’ acquisition of the international (non-US) business of William Hill at an enterprise value of £2.2 billion and a subsequent add-on offering of senior secured fixed and floating rate notes by 888 Holdings
  • The dealer managers in connection with International Game Technology’s upsized tender offer to purchase approximately $400.0 million in aggregate principal amounts of its outstanding USD notes maturing in 2025 and approximately €200.0 million of its EUR notes maturing in 2024
  • FC Internazionale S.p.A. (“Inter”), one of the leading football teams in Europe and in the world, and its subsidiary Inter Media and Communication S.p.A. (“MediaCo”) in connection with MediaCo’s offering of €415.0 million senior secured notes due 2027, for the purposes of refinancing Inter’s and MediaCo’s existing debt
  • The initial purchasers in connection with ENEL’s US$4.0 billion multi-tranche yankee bond offering
  • Marcolin S.p.A., Italy-headquartered global leading company in the production of sunglasses and prescription glasses and portfolio company of PAI Partners, in the €350.0 million high-yield bond issuance by Marcolin
  • The initial purchasers in connection with various sustainability-linked senior notes offerings by Public Power Corporation, the largest electric power company in Greece, collectively amounting to more than €1.2 billion
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a €500.0 million senior notes offering by Mytilineos S.A., a Greece-headquartered industrial conglomerate active in the metallurgy, energy and EPC sectors
  • The initial purchasers in connection with the high yield offering of €1.3 billion senior secured notes by the Polynt group linked to Black Diamond Capital Management’s acquisition of 50% of the shares of the group
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a €450.0 million notes offering by Itelyum, Italy-headquartered portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners

Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.


Languages

Italian

Anglais


Admissions

Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales)

New York Bar


Education

Bond University - Faculty of Law, LL.B. 2019