Dami Banire | Lawyers

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United States, UK (England & Wales)

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Banking

Overview

Dami is a multi-jurisdictionally qualified lawyer in our high-yield team in London and advises underwriters, issuers and private equity sponsors in connection with European, Middle Eastern and African high yield offerings, including offerings by Worldwide Flight Services (Cerberus), Europcar and Petrofac, amongst many others.

Experience

Dami's experience includes:

Advising a global investment bank on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €200,000,000 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2031
Advising Assemblin Caverion (Triton), on its issuance of €1,530,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2031
Advising Deutsche Bank, Barclays and the other financing parties on the bridge facility supporting Lottomatica’s merger with Cirsa
Advising Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and HSBC on Versuni’s (formerly Phillips Domestic Appliances) issuance of €550,000,000 5.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2033
Advising Deutsche Bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Cirsa’s (Blackstone) issuance of €500,000,000 4.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032
Advising ASK Chemicals (Rhône), on its issuance of €50,000,000 Senior Secured 10.00% Notes due 2029
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €305,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2033
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €625,000,000 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2033
Advising Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and the other Initial Purchasers on Lottomatica’s issuance of €765,000,000 Senior Secured 4.675% Notes due 2032
Advising Deutsche Bank as placement agent on LHMC Finco’s (Blackstone) issuance of €130,000,000 8.625%/9.375% Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2030
Advising Maxam (Rhône) on its issuance of €180,000,000 Senior Secured 6.00% Notes due 2030
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €1,130,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2033 and €355,000,000 8.875%/9.625% Senior HoldCo Pay-If-You-Can PIK Notes due 2031
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €400,000,000 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2032
Advising Celsa Steel (Attestor, SVP and GoldenTree) on its issuance of €750,000,000 8.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and €450,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2030
Advising Citi and the other Initial Purchasers on SierraCol Energy’s (Carlyle) issuance of $650,000,000 Senior 9.00% Notes due 2030
Advising DeepOcean (Triton) on its issuance of €480,000,000 6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2031
Advising Maxam (Rhône) on its issuance of €790,000,000 Senior Secured 6.00% Notes due 2030 and $500,000,000 Senior Secured 7.75% Notes due 2030
Advising Deutsche Bank, a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Lottomatica’s issuance of €1,100,000,000 Senior Secured 4.875% Notes due 2031
Advising Deutsche Bank and the other Initial Purchasers on LHMC Finco’s (Blackstone) issuance of €600,000,000 8.625%/9.375% Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2030
Advising TAP Air Portugal on its issuance of €200,000,000 Senior 5.125% Notes due 2029
Advising Citi, Mediobanca & UniCredit and the other Initial Purchasers on doValue’s issuance of €300,000,000 Senior Secured 7.000% Notes due 2030
Advising TAP Air Portugal on its issuance of €400,000,000 Senior 5.125% Notes due 2029
Advising ASK Chemicals (Rhône), on its issuance of €325,000,000 Senior Secured 10.00% Notes due 2029
Advising Assemblin Caverion (Triton), on its issuance of €780,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2031 and €500,000,000 Senior Secured 6.250% Notes due 2030
Advising the Dealer Managers on Telecom Italia’s Exchange Offer for up to €5.5 billion of its existing Notes as part of KKR’s carveout of Telecom Italia’s fixed line network
Advising BNP PARIBAS, a leading global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Neopharmed Gentili’s (Ardian and NB Renaissance) issuance of €350,000,000 7.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 and €400,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2030
Advising Deutsche Bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Cirsa’s (Blackstone) issuance of €375,000,000 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and €325,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2028
Advising a leading global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Shelf Drilling’s issuance of $1,095,000,000 95⁄8% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
Advising the shareholders and certain creditors of the LYCRA Company on the comprehensive refinancing of LYCRA’s 2023 Notes. The transaction involved the issuance by the LYCRA Company of €300,161,202 16.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 which were subscribed to by an Orphan SPV. The Orphan SPV subsequently, as part of the same transaction, issued €211,367,328 in 15.20% First Lien Notes due 2025 & €42,105,263 in 20.00% Second Lien Notes due 2025 to investors (including holders of the 2023 Notes)
Advising Assemblin (Triton), on its issuance of €480,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2029
Advising a leading global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on LimaCorporate’s (EQT) issuance of €295,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2028
Advising Haya Real Estate (Cerberus) on the issuance of €368,430,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2025 by Haya Holdco 2 plc following the restructuring, effected by way of an English court sanctioned Scheme of Arrangement, of the Euro-denominated 5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 and the Euro-denominated Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2022 issued by Haya Real Estate, S.A.U.
Advising Almaviva on its issuance of €350,000,000 4.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 Advising Petrofac on its issuance of $600,000,000 9.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 which formed part of a comprehensive recapitalisation plan including a cash box equity raise
Advising Anarafe, S.L.U. (Naviera Armas) on its issuance of €376,292,750 Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2026, as part of the financial restructuring of the €282,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and the €300,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2024 issued by Naviera Armas, S.A.
Advising BNP PARIBAS and the other Initial Purchasers on Europcar’s issuance of €500,000,000 3.000% Sustainability-Linked Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Advising Worldwide Flight Services (Cerberus) on its multi-currency and multi-tranche issuance of €340,000,000 6⅜% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, $400,000,000 7⅞% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 and €250,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2027
Advising BofA Securities and the other Initial Purchasers on the issuance of €765,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2028, by a bidco which partly funded CVC’s acquisition of the remainder of a 50% stake in Multiversity.
Advising UniCredit and the other Initial Purchasers on the issuance of €375,000,000 4.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 by a Bidco to partly fund Partners Group’s acquisition of Eolo
Advising Wells Fargo and the other Initial Purchasers on Canpack’s issuance of $800,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2029
Advising Deutsche Bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Cirsa’s (Blackstone) issuance of €615,000,000 4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2027
Advising Tendam (CVC and PAI), formerly Cortefiel, on its issuance of €300,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2028
Advising a global investment bank on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €200,000,000 6.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2031
Advising Assemblin Caverion (Triton), on its issuance of €1,530,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2031 Advising a global investment bank, Barclays and the other financing parties on the bridge facility supporting Lottomatica’s merger with Cirsa
Advising two global investment banks and HSBC on Versuni’s (formerly Phillips Domestic Appliances) issuance of €550,000,000 5.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2033
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Cirsa’s (Blackstone) issuance of €500,000,000 4.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2032
Advising ASK Chemicals (Rhône), on its issuance of €50,000,000 Senior Secured 10.00% Notes due 2029
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €305,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2033
Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on United Group’s (BC Partners) issuance of €625,000,000 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2033
Advising two global investment banks and the other Initial Purchasers on Lottomatica’s issuance of €765,000,000 Senior Secured 4.675% Notes due 2032

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Dami holds an LLB from the University of Essex and an LLM from Queen Mary, University of London. He is qualified to practice in New York, Nigeria and England & Wales.

He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

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