Dami Banire

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.

Work highlights

Dami's experience includes:

• Advising Tendam (CVC and PAI), formerly Cortefiel, on its issuance of €300,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2028
• Advising a global investment bank and the other Initial Purchasers on Shelf Drilling’s issuance of $1,095,000,000 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2029
• Advising Worldwide Flight Services (Cerberus) on its multi-currency and multi-tranche issuance of €340,000,000 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, $400,000,000 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 and €250,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2027
• Advising Wells Fargo and the other Initial Purchasers on Canpack’s issuance of $800,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2029
• Advising Assemblin (Triton), on its issuance of €480,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2029
• Advising Anarafe, S.L.U. 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 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)

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.