Experience

• • OCS Group, a global facilities services business and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in the £1.08 billion refinancing of its existing term and revolving credit facility.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its bid for a controlling stake in Opella, the French-headquartered consumer healthcare company, valuing the company at c.€16 billion.
  • Lovell Minnick in the financing aspects of the merger between wealth management companies London & Capital and Waverton. Lovell Minnick was London & Capital’s majority shareholder, and takes a majority shareholding in the combined business.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its acquisitions of Atalian and OCS to create a global facilities management platform.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its $3.7 billion take-private acquisition of UDG Healthcare.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing aspects of its £308 million acquisition of Wolseley UK, a leading distributor of plumbing, heating and climate products.
  • TPG in the sale of Adare Pharmaceuticals, a leading specialty contract development and manufacturing organization, to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Frazier Healthcare Partners and the related separation of Adare’s Eosinophilic Esophagitis product into a TPG-backed entity.
  • B&M in its £400 million bond offering of 3.625% senior secured notes due 2025, and its related refinancing of its existing senior credit facilities with a £455 million senior secured facilities agreement.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing and tax aspects of its £400 million acquisition of Huntsworth.
  • InterXion in the financing aspects of its combination with Digital Realty, valuing InterXion at $8.4 billion.
  • Lovell Minnick in the financing aspects of its take-private deal for Charles Taylor, a leading provider of professional services to the global insurance market.
  • Elliott in the financing aspects of its $683 million acquisition of Barnes & Noble, the largest retail bookseller in the U.S.
  • Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Electrical Components International, the world’s leading manufacturer of wire harnesses, control boxes and value-added assembly services, from KPS Capital Partners.
  • A U.S. direct lending funds in its purchase of $25 million of second lien secured notes issued by ExamWorks, a leading provider of independent medical examinations and related services, as part of the company’s acquisition of The Kindertons Group, a portfolio of businesses that provides accident aftercare and claims management services in the UK.
  • Cerberus Capital Management in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Cyanco International, the largest global producer of sodium cyanide.
  • Apex Fund Services in its sale to Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm.
  • Apex Fund Services in its $40 million credit facility with Highbridge Principal Strategies.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the financing and certain other aspects of its acquisition of BUT, the largest furniture retailer network in France, in a 50:50 partnership with WM Holding, a company related to the XXXLutz Group.
  • Two direct lending funds in its purchase of $340 million of second lien secured notes issued by ExamWorks, a leading provider of independent medical examinations and related services, as part of the company’s take-private acquisition by Leonard Green & Partners.
  • The purchasers of first lien senior secured notes privately placed by an Italian based manufacturer of coffee, other hot and cold beverage and food vending machines to finance an acquisition.
  • PIK Lenders in leveraged buy-out transactions in Europe.