White & Case LLP has advised bank syndicates on Wendel's tender offer to repurchase its 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 bond issues for a total of €635 million, and on Wendel's €300 million bond issue maturing in 6.5 years with a coupon of 1 per cent.

Wendel will use the net proceeds of the new issue for its general corporate purposes, to repurchase the bonds that have been tendered under the tender offer and to continue improving its financial structure.

The White & Case team in Paris which advised on the transaction was led by partners Séverin Robillard and Thomas Le Vert with support from associates Béatrice Constans and Adélaïde de Guitaut.