Our recent highlights
Acting for Sponsors
- Brookfield: advising on the financing for its £2.2bn recommended offer for Network International Holdings plc.
- : advising on the financing for its public offer for Kahoot! ASA.
- Triton: advising on the financing for its public tender offer for Caverion Corporation.
- IK Partners: advising on the financing for its recommended offer for the £269m take-private of The Medica Group Plc.
- Brookfield: advising on the financing for its £4bn public offer for HomeServe plc.
- IK Partners: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Ipsum Group Limited.
- Globalvia and Kinetic: advising on the financing for their public offer for The Go-Ahead Group plc.
- Carlyle: advising on the TLB, RCF and PIK financing for its US$2bn acquisition of Autoform.
- Carlyle: advising on the €1.32bn cov-lite financing for its acquisition of Flender and subsequent dividend recap/RCF upsize.
- GBL: advising on the financing for its acquisitions of Webhelp and OneLink.
- Hg: advising on the financing for its public offer for Ideagen plc.
- Hillhouse: advising on the financing for its US$3.7bn acquisition of the Phillips Domestic Appliances business.
- PAI: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Areas.
- IPI Partners: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Digiplex.
- : advising on the financings for its acquisitions of LRQA and Elevate.
- Hg: advising on the financing for Team.blue.
- Warburg Pincus and Towerbrook: advising on the financing for the £2.8bn offer and takeover of The AA plc.
- Digital Bridge: advising on the financing of its acquisition (through Vantage Data Centres) of a UK data centre business.
- Ardian: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Mila ehf.
- PAI: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Euro Ethnic Foods.
- Carlyle: advising on the financing for its investment in Acrotec.
- Hg: advising on the financing for its acquisition of TrustQuay.
- Montagu: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Waystone Group.
- Hg: advising on the financing for its acquisition of TrackUnit.
- Bridgepoint: advising Bridgepoint and Practice Plus on the financing for the Practice Plus Group.
- Hg: advising on the financing for Azets.
- : advising on the financings for its acquisitions of Advania, Visolit, Content + Cloud and Valtti.
- Montagu: advising on the financing for Janes Group.
- Hg: advising on the financing for its acquisition of Auvesy.
- Carlyle: advising on the financing for its acquisition of MAK-System.
Acting for Arrangers and Lenders – syndicated TLB financings
- Arrangers and underwriters: advising on the €620m financing for PAI’s acquisition of a majority stake in Infra Group.
- Arrangers: advising on the €6.6bn financing for the Orange Espagne merger and €3.5bn financing for the Euskaltel P2P.
- Arranger/interim lender: advising on the financing for KKR’s public cash offer for Albioma.
- MLAs: advising on the TLB, RCF and holdco PIK to refinance the Wella Group.
- MLAs: advising on the cov-lite TLB and RCF refinancing of the Paysafe Group.
- MLAs: advising on the financing for PAI’s acquisition of a majority stake in Uvesco.
- MLAs: advising on the financing for CVC’s €4.5bn acquisition of Ekaterra B.V. (Unilever Teas).
- MLAs: advising on the €915m TLB, €160m RCF and €235m 2L financing for CVC’s acquisition of a majority stake in Cooper Consumer Health.
- MLAs: advising on the €330m TLB, guarantee facility and RCF financing for Carlyle’s P2P acquisition of Schaltbau Holdings.
- MLAs: advising on the financing for Permira’s acquisition of Neuraxpharm and additional debt for subsequent acquisitions by the Neuraxpharm group.
- Arrangers: advising on the financing for KKR’s €1.56m P2P acquisition of the Accell Group.
- MLAs: advising on the cov-lite TLB and PIK financing for OTTP’s acquisition of Logoplaste.
- MLAs: advising and 2L lender on the financing for PAI’s €1.6bn acquisition of Apleona.
- MLAs: advising on the financing for KKR’s £2bn acquisition of John Laing plc in partnership with Equitix.
- MLAs: advising on the financing for Astorg’s acquisition of the Corialis Group.
Acting for Unitranche Lenders – private credit financings
- Unitranche lenders: advising on the financing for PAI’s acquisition of Frutarom.
- Unitranche lender: advising on the financing for A&M Capital’s acquisition of Ayesa.
- Unitranche lender: advising on the financing for Astorg’s acquisition of IPCOM.
- Unitranche lender: advising on the financing for Bridgepoint’s acquisition of MiQ.
- Incoming lenders: advising on the refinancing of MSX International’s existing facilities.
- Unitranche and PIK lenders: advising on the financing for Astorg’s acquisition of Corden Pharma.
- Unitranche lender and the ssRCF lenders: advising on the financing for CVC’s acquisition of Neolith.
- Unitranche note-holder: advising on the financing for Carlyle’s acquisition of Ocmis.
- Unitranche lender and ssRCF lenders: advising on the refinancing of Moneycorp’s existing facilities.
- Senior unitranche noteholders and ssRCF lenders: advising on the financing for Carlyle’s acquisition of Dainese.
- Unitranche lender and ssRCF lender: advising on the financing for Bridgepoint’s acquisition of the Inspired Thinking Group.
- Unitranche lender: advising on the financing for Accel-KKR’s acquisition of Mindworking.
- Unitranche lenders and ssRCF lenders: advising on the financing for Bridgepoint’s acquisition of the Infinigate Group (and subsequent acquisitions of Starlink and Nuvias).
- Unitranche lender: advising on the financing for Carlyle’s acquisition of END Clothing.
- Unitranche lenders: advising on the financing for Astorg/ Bridgepoint’s acquisition of Fenergo Group.
Our News
Linklaters advises the arrangers and underwriters on the financing for KKR’s acquisition of Smart Metering Systems
24 April 2024
Linklaters has advised BNPP, HSBC, Mizuho, Natwest and SMBC as arrangers and underwriters on the financing for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co’s acquisition by way of recommended cash offer of Smart Metering Systems plc (SMS). SMS is a British energy infrastructure company which owns, installs and manages carbon reduction assets.
Linklaters advises on Neopharmed Gentili’s debut high yield offering, the largest refinancing of private credit debt with high yield bonds in Europe to date
10 April 2024
Linklaters has advised the financing sources on the issuance by Neopharmed Gentili of two tranches of senior secured fixed and floating high yield notes, totalling €750m, as well as the entry into a new €130m revolving credit facility.
Linklaters advises the arrangers and bookrunners on the refinancing of the Normec Group
22 April 2024
Linklaters has advised HSBC and JP Morgan (as lead arrangers and physical bookrunners) and Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, RBC, SMBC and Unicredit (as joint bookrunners and arrangers) on the syndicated TLB refinancing of the Normec Group, an Astorg portfolio company. The financing package comprises a €565m TLB, with a delayed draw facility of €100m.
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Legal 500 UK 2024 - Band 1 for Banking & Finance: Borrowers: Big Ticket
Chambers UK 2024 - Band 1 for Banking & Finance: Lenders: Big Ticket
Chambers UK 2024 - Tier 1 for Bank lending: Investment Grade Debt & Syndicated Loans
Legal 500 2024 - Band 2 for Banking & Finance: Sponsors
Chambers UK 2024
EMEA
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Chambers Europe 2024
- Band 1 for Banking & Finance
Chambers Belgium 2023 - Band 1 for Banking & Finance
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Chambers United Arab Emirates 2024
Asia
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Chambers Singapore 2023
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Chambers Asia Pacific 2024 -
Band 2 for Banking & Finance
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
Global
- Band 1 for Banking & Finance
Chambers Global 2024
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"They are able to deliver at an extremely high level on a hugely complicated breadth of transaction structures, timelines and negotiating dynamics."
Legal 500 UK 2024
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